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 131
a diamond and gold laurelbranch, and on the other of an olive branch in pearls and gold. Combstook the shape of a weeping-willow in gold, set with diamonds andpearls, and there were necklaces innumerable, the favourite patternbeing that known as the vainqueur, the strangest medley of heartscarved… … i8og 56 FASHION IN PARIS and the flower, daintily outlined with fine pearls, was a faithfullypainted reproduction of a wild rose blossom. The mania for jewels reached such a pitch that a reaction set in atlast, and by degrees they were utterly proscribed. Ladiesbegan by wearing diamonds in…
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