[ANCIENT BLACK LACE]

Owned by Mrs. Robert Fulton Crary, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

[VIRAGO-SLEEVE]

From a French portrait.

[NINON DE L’ENCLOS]

Born in Paris, 1615; died in 1705. Her dress has a slashed virago-sleeve and lace whisk.

[LADY CATHERINE HOWARD]

Grandchild of the Earl of Arundel. Aged thirteen years. Drawn in 1646 by W. Hollar.

[COSTUMES OF ENGLISHWOMEN OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY]

Plates from Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus, or Several Habits of Englishwomen, 1640. By Wenceslaus Hollar, an engraver of much note and much performance; born at Prague, 1607; died in England, 1677. This book contains twenty-six plates illustrating women’s dress in all ranks of life with absolute fidelity.