IIISTOUY OF LACK. 150 CHAPTEE XII. LOUIS XVI. TO THE EMPIRE. " Proud Versailles ! thy glory falls." Pope. In the reign of Louis XVI. society, tired out with ceremony and the stately manners of the old court, at last began to emancipate itself. Marie- Antoinette (Fig. 76) first gave the signal. Rid… … Marie-Antoinette. From a picture by Madame Le Brun. Mas. Nat. Versailles. herself of the preachings of " Madame Etiquette " she could not on state occasions, so she did her best to amuse herself in private. The finest Indian muslin l now supplanted the heavy points of 1 Madame du Barry, in her…
Lace and lace making
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