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 159
The country had accepted the return 1816 of the Bourbons as a guarantee of peace, and of a return to ordinary business. The new government fulfilled all momentary needs. An array of business men, and orators, and authors was to take the place of the great generals of the Empire. Napoleon had… … The royalists, calmer and less ambitious, dreamt only of founding agreat and legitimate monarchy. The king was welcomed, not as asaviour, but as a guardian, without the slightest touch ofidolising affection, but with real feeling for propriety andgood taste. Napoleon had been the favoured lover,…
Fashion · Costume
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