Lights and Shadows of New York Life: or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great CityMcCabe, James Dabney
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Lights and Shadows of New York Life: or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City
McCabe, James Dabney
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
and tassels to match; not twice
on
1 white Swiss muslin, with double 90
skirt and ribbon running through
the upper and lower hems of each
skirt, of pink satin; body with
Greek sleeves to match
1 straw-colored silk dress, 80
trimmed with black velvet, and
body of the same
1 white Swiss muslin robe, with 95
one plain skirt and one above,
graduated by larger and smaller
tucks to imitate three flounces;
the sleeves with puffs, and long
sleeves with tucks, down and
across to match skirts, and
Garibaldi body made to match; one
pink satin under-body to go with
it
1 white Swiss muslin dress, with 90
three flounces, quilled and
tucked, graduated one above the
other, with headings of lace on
the top of each flounce; low
body, with tuck, bretelles and
broad colored sarsnet ribbon
1 India muslin dress, very full, $110
embroidered to imitate three
flounces; and Greek body and
sleeves, also embroidered to
match sky-blue skirt and body to
go underneath
1 India muslin dress, double 90
skirt, richly embroidered, with
high jacket and long sleeves
embroidered to match
1 pink satin skirt and bodice, to 25
go underneath
1 white long morning dress, 60
embroidered round the skirt and
up the front, in two flounces,
one hanging over the other;
sleeves and cuffs to match
1 white muslin, with white spots, 80
skirt and bodice trimmed with
bullion and narrow real
Valenciennes lace
2 white cambric morning-dresses, 275
one very richly embroidered, in
wheels and flounces; and jacket
to match
1 white Swiss muslin jacket, very 100
richly embroidered; skirt and
bodice to match
3 cambric tight-fitting jackets, 120
with collar and sleeves very
richly embroidered, to imitate
old Spanish point
5 Marie Antoinettes, made 300
entirely of French muslin, with
triple bullion and double face;
pink satin ribbon running
through. Cost $60 each
1 pique morning dress and jacket, 75
richly embroidered
1 pique skirt, richly embroidered 50
6 fine Swiss muslin skirts, four 55
yards in each, trimmed with two
rows of real lace, to set in
full, finely finished
2 very rich bastistes, for 120
morning-dresses
2 very fine cambric skirts, 60
delicately embroidered, to wear
with open morning-dresses
2 fine linen skirts, embroidered 40
in open work
2 silk grenadine dresses, trimmed 200
with Maltese lace and velvet; two
bodices to match, blue and green
2 silk bareges, trimmed with 200
velvet and fringe, and bodice to
match
1 Scotch catlin silk full dress, 100
Stewart, trimmed with black
velvet and fringe, made to match
colors of dress
3 Balmoral skirts, very elegant, 90
embroidered in silk
1 ponceau silk dress, trimmed 250
with llama fringe and gold balls;
body and sleeves very richly
trimmed to match
1 blue silk to match, trimmed 250
with steel fringe and bugles;
body and sleeves richly trimmed
1 French muslin jacket, with 40
lapels and sleeves to turn back,
very heavily embroidered
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