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Title: Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
Subjects: Clothing and dress
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company London, Macmillan & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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of mee, that is to say, thatI should abuse yor goodness, and bee prodigall of yor purse,neglectful of my brothers bands, and of my slatterishnesand lasines ; for my brothers bands I will not excuse my-selfe, but I thinke not worthy soe sharpe a reproofe; forthe rest I must needs excuse, and cleare myselfe if I maybee believed. I doe not know myselfe guilty of any ofthem; for myne owne part I doe not desire to be myneowne judge, but am willinge to bee judged by them withwhom I live, and see my course, whether I bee addicted tosuch things or noe. Ruffs and bands were not the only neckwear ofthe colonists. Very soon there was a tendency toornament the band-strings with tassels of silk, withlittle tufts of ribbon, with tiny rosettes, with jewelseven; and soon a graceful frill of lace hung wherethe band was tied together. This may be termedthe beginning of the necktie or cravat; but thearticle itself enjoyed many names, and many forms,which in general extended both to mens andwomens wear.
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Captain George Curwen. Ruffs and Bands 205 Let us turn to the old inventories for the variousnames of this neckwear. A Maryland gentleman left by will, with otherattire, in 1642, Nine laced stripps, two plainstripps, nine quoifes, one call, eight crosse-cloths, apaire holland sleeves, a paire womens cuffs, nineplaine neck-cloths, five laced neck-cloths, two plainegorgetts, seven laced gorgetts, three old clouts, fiveplaine neckhandkerchiefs, two plain shadowes. John Taylor, the Water Poet, wrote a poementitled The Needles Excellency. I quote from thetwelfth edition, dated 1640. In the list of gar-ments which we owe to the needle he names : — Shadows, Shapparoones, Cauls, Bands, Ruffs, Kuffs,Kerchiefs, Ouoyfes, Chin-clouts, Marry-muffes,Cross-cloths, Aprons, Hand-kerchiefs, or Falls. His list runs like that of the Maryland planter.The strip was something like the whisk ; indeed,the names seem interchangeable. Bishop Hall in his Satires writes : — When a plumd fan may hide thy chalk

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