Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1937-01-15 | Page 4 | Seventeenth Century Mode

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 able to gratify their desire to shine and outshine. As they manufactured nothing in the South, all their finery was fresh from England. A Virginia lady, Mrs. Pritchard, in 1660, owned an olive colored silk petticoat, another an-other of silk tabby, one of flowered tabby, one of velvet, and one ol white striped dimity. Her printed calico gown was lined with blue silk. There were also a pair' ol scarlet sleeves and another of ruffled ruf-fled holland; also a pair of green stockings.