The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, Etc.
Volume 8, Number 44, August 1, 1826, Third Series
White crèpe lisse worn over a white satin slip; the corsage full, and ornamented with a rose-colour satin cape, corded at the edge, very narrow at its conjunction in front, and extending like a zephyr's wing as it reaches the shoulder, where two ornamented scollops unite it with a similar wing or cape behind: the under-sleeve is short and full, and the long full sleeve over it is terminated at the wrist with a white satin Vandyke cuff, and fastened by a broad gold bracelet with a medallion clasp. The skirt has a deep border of rose-colour satin arranged in two rows; the upper ornament is salver-shaped, supporting an oval composed of flat bands, which cross in the centre, like trellis-work; these ovals are united by bands forming an arch, two extending from the top of one oval to the bottom of the next, and from the other side one band passes behind, reaching from the salver-shaped ornament on the upper row to that on the lower: beneath are two broad rose-colour satin rouleaux. The head-dress is a kind of turban, formed of rose-colour bands, interwoven like trellis-work; the crown is long and rather small towards the top, very similar in shape to the Likanian cap. A white crèpe lisse rouleau, in bouffants entwined by rose-colour bands, reaches round it, lessening as it approaches the right side, where an ornament in rose-colour satin, doubled and in large plaits, extends over the ear. The hair in large curls on the left side, and à la Madonna on the right; necklace of medallions united by rows of gold beads; ear-rings à la Flamande; shaded gauze scarf, fringed; white kid gloves; white satin shoes.
