Fashion in Paris; the various phases of feminine taste and aesthetics from 1797 to 1897 (1898)
Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931, Loyd, Mary Sophia Hely-Hutchinson, 1853-1936, Courboin, François, 1865-1926 · London, W. Heinemann · leaf 108
harmony with the dress oftheir fair wearers. Fashion had laid its hand on everything—on ^the speech, the food, the furniture of theperiod. To such a point was the varietyof luxury carried by the rich, that a ladydressed in the Roman style felt herselfobliged to receive her guests in roomsdecorated… … 1804 THE FAIR SEX IN THE YEAR VIII 41 style. If she donned the Eastern turban and pelisse, at once herboudoir glowed with brilliant Turkish couches and bright rugs. Ifshe robed herself like an Egyptian, that instant the sphinx, the monolithclock, the mummies, even, emerged from their retirement,…
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