History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
One old velvet waistcoat, with silver lace 0 15 0
One old coat, silver plate buttons 2 30
Six pieces of clothes, as coats, breeches and doublets .... 2 50
One buff coat and silk sleeves 1 10 0
One yellow silk scarf, with silver fringes 1 5 0
One light-colored gros green closk 1 00
One dark-coloreil gros green cloak, with lining 2 5 0
One cloth-colore<i cloak, with lining of bay, with wrought
silver buttons 2 10 0
Twelve rush leather chairs 5 8 0
Two velvet chairs with fine silver lace 1 00
One cupboard or case of French nut wood 20 0 0
One round table 2 0 0
One square table 10 0 0
One cabinet 6 0 0
Thirteen pictures 9 10 0
One great looking-glass 6 0 0
One bedstead, two beds and furniture 25 0 0
Ten pieces of china dishes or porcelain 4 00
Five alabaster images 0 15 0
One piece of tapestry work, for twelve cushions 3 12 0
One flowered tabliy chimney cloth 0 12 0
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One pair floweied tabby curtains for windows 0 4 0
One dressing-box 1 10 0
One small picture 0 8 0
One ivory compass 0 6 0
A parcel of silver lace 2 12 0
Four diaper table-cloths 3 0 0
Two small ditto 0 12 0
Two small ditto, old 0 8 0
Seventeen napkins 0 17 0
One carpet 2 0 0
It is not the easiest of tasks to follow up the evolutions of dress as styles grew into extravagance up to the last quarter of the eighteenth century. When peacock gorgeousness prevailed, men and women vied with each other in the costliness of their costumes, and sartorial sobriety was left to some families of un-