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Show Seventeenth Century Mode Virginia ladies of the Seventeenth century differed little from the English Eng-lish in their costumes, except that, being richer, they were better abla to gratify their desire to shine and outshine. As they manufactured I nothing in the South, all their finery was fresh from England. A Virginia I lady, Mrs. Prifchard, in 16G0, owned an olive colored silk petticoat, another an-other of silk tabby, one of flowered tabby, one of velvet, and one of white striped dimity. Her printed calico gown was lined with blue silk. There were also a pair' of scarlet sleeves and another of ruffled ruf-fled holland; also a pair of green stockings. |