. History of lace. her consumption of pointdAngleterre :— Une toilette dAngle- tei-re complette de . 8823 livres. Une parure composee dedeux barbes. rayon etfond, 6 rangs de man-chettes, 1 1/2 au. deruban fait expres, 1/8jabot pour le devantde tour. Le tout dAn-gleterre supertin de . 7000 Unajustemente dAngle-terre complet de . 3216 — Une garniture de peig- noir dAngleterre de . 2342 garniture de tichu dAngleterre . . 388 — 8 au. dAngleterrepour taves doreil- ler . ! . . 240 9 1/2 au. dito pour la tete .... 7614 au. pied dito pourla tete . . .140 456 livres. - Les dentelles les plus
. History of lace. her consumption of pointdAngleterre :— Une toilette dAngle- tei-re complette de . 8823 livres. Une parure composee dedeux barbes. rayon etfond, 6 rangs de man-chettes, 1 1/2 au. deruban fait expres, 1/8jabot pour le devantde tour. Le tout dAn-gleterre supertin de . 7000 Unajustemente dAngle-terre complet de . 3216 — Une garniture de peig- noir dAngleterre de . 2342 garniture de tichu dAngleterre . . 388 — 8 au. dAngleterrepour taves doreil- ler . ! . . 240 9 1/2 au. dito pour la tete .... 7614 au. pied dito pourla tete . . .140 456 livres. - Les dentelles les plus precieusespour chaque saison. — (DuchessedAbrantes.)^^ Meuioires. 2y jjf^;„j, f]c la Prlnccsse Palatine,vetivc (le Monsieur. 1/9 CHAPTEE XII. LOUIS XVI. TO THE EMPIRE. Proud Versailles ! thj glory falls.—Pope. In the reign of Louis XVI. society, tired out with ceremonyand the stately manners of the old court, at last began toemancipate itself. Marie-Antoinette (Fig. 84) first gave the Fio-. Marie-Antoinette.—From a picture by Madame Le Brun. M. de Versailles. signal. Eid herself of the preaching of Madame Etiquette she could not on state occasions, so she did her best to amuseherself in private. The finest Indian muslin now supplantedthe heavy points of the old court. Madame du Barry, inher Memoirs, mentions the purchase of Indian muslin so fine N 2 i8o HISTORY OF LACE that the piece did not weigh fifteen ounces,although suffi-cient to make four dresses. The ladies looked, indig-nantly observed the Marechale de Luxembourg, in theirmuslin aprons and handkerchiefs like cooks and conventporters.^ To signify her disapproval of this new-fangledcustom, the Marechale sent her grand-daughter, the Duchessede Lauzun, an apron of sailcloth trimmed with fine pointand six fichus of the same material similarly and marli were much worn during the latter years ofthe Queens life, and entries of tulle, marli, blondes, andembroidered linens occur over and over
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