Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton: The Book of costume or, Annals of fashion: from the earliest period to the present time (London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1847)

230 THE TOILETTE IN FRANCE.

Ruffs vanished, and were replaced by falling col-
lars of costly lace ; while ruffles, tied with ribands,
ornamented the sleeves of the doublets at the wrists,
and either lay back upon the arm, or fell over the
hand : they, also, were of lace.