Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . edwith black velvet ribbons. Crown-Princess Stephanie wasalso in black. Her velvet dress, cut very low, had a stomacherof diamonds, and in her blonde curls were three flat bands ofdiamonds. The black velvet Court-mantle was embroideredwith seed pearls and silver; and here and there it was loopedup with bunches of diamond thistles. The Duchess of Cum-berland looked well in a dress of cloth-of-silver, with violetvelvet train, silver lace half covering it. Ropes of pearlsw
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . edwith black velvet ribbons. Crown-Princess Stephanie wasalso in black. Her velvet dress, cut very low, had a stomacherof diamonds, and in her blonde curls were three flat bands ofdiamonds. The black velvet Court-mantle was embroideredwith seed pearls and silver; and here and there it was loopedup with bunches of diamond thistles. The Duchess of Cum-berland looked well in a dress of cloth-of-silver, with violetvelvet train, silver lace half covering it. Ropes of pearlswere braided in her hair, and she wore her famous collar,which is composed of twelve rows of pearls as large almostas robins eggs, and which falls down to her waist. LovelyArchduchess Maria-Theresa wore a petticoat and train ofwhite velvet, smothered in old Venetian point. A garland ofreal tea roses began at the left shoulder, was caught a littlebelow the slender waist by a great diamond fleur-de-lys, fellgracefully down to the edge of the skirt, and then becominggradually wider, surrounded the train with a broad band of.
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