Rules of Bath (1771) [ Practices ]
… as that of Bath, it is humbly requested of the company to comply with the following regulations: That ladies who dance minuets be dressed in a suit of clothes, or a full-trimmed sack, with lappets and dressed hoops, such as are usually worn at St James’s. It is requested of those ladies who do not dance minuets, not to take up the front seats at the balls. That no lady dance country-dances in a hoop of any kind and those who chuse to pull their hoops off, will be assisted by proper …
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