The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . of Louis XV. It required a special knack to place thesepatches where they would best set off the face—upon the temples,near the eyes, at the corners of the mouth, upon the forehead. Agreat lady always had seven or eight, and never went out withouther patch-box, so that she might put on more if she felt so inclined,or replace those that might happen to come off. Each of thesepatches had a particular name. The one at the corner of the eyewas the passionate; that on the middle of the cheek, the gallant;that on the no
The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . of Louis XV. It required a special knack to place thesepatches where they would best set off the face—upon the temples,near the eyes, at the corners of the mouth, upon the forehead. Agreat lady always had seven or eight, and never went out withouther patch-box, so that she might put on more if she felt so inclined,or replace those that might happen to come off. Each of thesepatches had a particular name. The one at the corner of the eyewas the passionate; that on the middle of the cheek, the gallant;that on the nose, the impudent; that near the lips, the coquette; andone placed over a pimple, the concealer {receleiise), etc. The masks,which the ladies of the 17th century employed, less to hide their 462 THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. faces than to protect them from the sun and tlie wind, were nolonger in use, except on certain delicate occasions when a lady didnot wish to be recognised, either on horseback or in her they were alwajs taken off before going into a room where the. Fig. age.—Male attire ; fac-similc, .iftcr a water-colour by Wattcau. lady who had been wearing the mask would meet persons of a ranksuperior to her own. Though mens dress had undergone fewer changes than that ofwomen since the time of Louis XIV., it had lost a good deal of itsheaviness and affectation ; but fashion still delineated the charac-teristics of the time. The large coat embroidered with gold wasstill woru at Court ceremonies, sometimes open in front and some- DJiESS AND FASHIONS. 463 times buttoned up, with swordbelt or waistband; while the largewig, not yet powdered, flowed down over the back and private society, the coat was not so heavy and fitted closer to thefigure; it was, rnoreover, shorter, and the sleeves were tighter. It
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