The history of fashion in France, or, The dress of women from the Gallo-Roman period to the present time (1882)
Challamel, Augustin, 1818-1894, Hoey, Frances Cashel, 1830-1908, Lillie, John · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 191
stains from describing fans as adoptedfor the chastisement of wives and daughters. A monstrousinnovation, probably, in her opinion. There is a scarcely perceptible transition between the reign ofLouis XIV. and that of Louis XV. Mme. de Maintenons influence, which had caused a momentaryeclipse in… … CHAPTER XVII. REIGX OF LOUIS XV. I715 TO 1774. The Regency—War is declared against paniers—The Oratorian Duguet—Opinion of theJournal de Verdun—Various publications against paniers—Lines by Voltaire—Whale-fishery company—Paragraph from the Journal de Barbier—Mmes. Jaucourt,De Seine, DeUsle,…
Costume -- France History
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