Rules of Bath (1771) [ Practices ]
… by the Master of the Ceremonies, and hung up in the Assembly-Rooms. It being absolutely necessary, that a propriety of dress should be observed at so polite an assembly 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 …
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