Lesson IV Cravate à l’Américaine
See plate C, fig. 13.
The Cravate à l’Américaine is extremely pretty and easily formed, provided the handkerchief is well starched.
When it is correctly formed, it presents the appearance of a column, destined to support a Corinthian capital. This style has many admirers here, and also among our friends, the fashionables of the New World, who pride themselves on its name, which they call “Independence;” this title may, to a certain point, be disputed, as the neck is fixed in a kind of vice, which entirely prohibits any very free movements.
The Cravate à l’Américaine requires a whalebone stiffener, and is commenced in the same way as the Nœud Gordien; the ends are brought in front, as shown in fig. 8, plate C, are lowered as in fig. 9 (same plate), and fastened to the shirt bosom, like the Cravate en Cascade.
The prevailing colour is sea green, or striped blue, red and white.
See plate referred to.