Grey satin dress embroidered with Louis XV ribbon and bows in shaded blue silver metallic gauze, and multi-tone sequined flowers and garlands. Court coat in similarly embroidered grey brocade satin.
Dress in mauve satin gauze, pleated so that the satin bands touch at the top of the skirt. Alençon inlays embroidered with silver gauze flowers; front of bodice in silver vermicelli tulle. Court train in mauve satin embroidered with the same flowers, and framed with an Alençon shell.
(1) Little girl's hat, in white straw, surrounded by a cord of pearls. Raised edges; group of roses, with buds and foliage, placed in the middle of a bow of wide white ribbon.
(2) Sky blue bengaline dress. Strapless bodice held by knots on the shoulders. Similar breastplate, cut crosswise by large spaces of Venetian guipure. Skirt slightly draped at an angle on the bottom of the bodice and all plain. Balloon sleeves, cut with pieces of white moire; high cuffs decorated with bows. Small round hat, in white straw, decorated with flower poufs and a large blue ribbon bow on one side. On the other, knife feathers emerging from the flowers.
(42.) Ensemble with peasant skirt. — It is in light wool and antique moire of a cream tone; the skirt is 475 centimeters in width and is trimmed with a 30 centimeter wide wool lace entre-deux above a 10 centimeter high hem; the scarf, 50 centimeters wide, forms a sort of very short apron in front, hiding the gathers of the skirt and which ties behind, falling over the skirt in two immense shells and long panels. Entre-deux decoration arranged in straps on the bodice in front and behind; guipure sleeves applied, as well as the rest of the ensemble, on a transparent colored silk.
(43.) Ensemble with lace drapery. For summer parties, meetings, in the countryside, we prsent this ensemble in silk ottoman with pleated skirt and puffed ruffle below the belt. The very elegant drapery, in creamy white wool lace, is 400 centimeters in length and 85 centimeters in width, with the contours edged with a thicker thread and coquettishly draped, a little irregularly, forming a double pouf held and raised by a few stitches. The bodice and scarf are in brown striped velvet, with a bib trim and sleeve cuffs in brown velvet; the short basque of the bodice is slashed in front and behind, notched on the hips; it laces in front a little on the side and doubles as an ottoman like the skirt. High velvet collar and lace jabot bow.
(1.) Promenade dress in white voile and pink surah. — The bodice closed straight in front has a short basque covered behind with a frill. The tunic forms a short bouffant around the hips and develops by draping into a point in front. It is edged with lace.
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(2.) Toilette de campagne en taffetas à très petits carreaux et surah prune clair. Le corsage à basque en pointe est garni devant d’un plastron de dentelle avec bande en surah pour la ligne des boutons descendant de l’encolure au bas de la basque. La tunique se compose d’un tablier bouffant recouvrant en partie un panier qui se relève en pouff derrière.
(2.) Country dress in very small-checked taffeta and light plum surah. The pointed peplum bodice is trimmed in front with a lace bib with a surah band for the button line, descending from the neckline to the bottom of the peplum. The tunic consists of a bouffant apron partially covering a pannier that rises into a pouf at the back.
