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 31
In those rooms in the Hotel Richelieu,rose-crowned goddesses, breathing perfume, floated hitherand thither in their transparent classic robes, ogling theIncroyables, waving their fans, coming, going, whirl-ing about, laughing, tempting, dainty to look on,loud-voiced, bold-faced, seeking their… … UNDER THE DIRECTORY 11 to pay its homage to the fascinating Josephine, whose charms made asmany conquests as did the genius of her illustrious lord. The real meeting-place, under the Directory, was the street; LePetit Coblentz, and Tivoli, with its forty acres of verdure, Monceau,and Idalie; the…
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