CONCLUSION.
On the Importance of the Cravat in Society.
When a man of rank makes his entrée into a circle distinguished for taste and elegance, and the usual compliments have passed on both sides, he will discover that his coat will attract only a slight degree of attention, but that the most critical and scrutinizing examination will be made on the set of his Cravat. Should this unfortunately, not be correctly and elegantly put on—no further notice will be taken of him; whether his coat be of the reigning fashion or not will be unnoticed by the assembly—all eyes will be occupied in examining the folds of the fatal Cravat. His reception will in future be cold, and no one will move on his entrance;—but if his Cravat is savamment and elegantly formed—although his coat may not be of the last cut—every one will rise to receive him with the most distinguished marks of respect, will cheerfully resign their seats to him, and the delighted eyes of all will be fixed on that part of his person which separates the shoulders from the chin—let him speak downright nonsense he will be applauded to the skies; it will be said—“this man has critically and deeply studied the thirty-two lessons on the Art of Tying the Cravat.”—But again reverse the picture—it will be found that the unfortunate individual who is not aware of the existence of this justly celebrated work—however well informed he may be on other subjects—will be considered as an ignorant pretender, and will be compelled to suffer the impertinence of the fop, who will treat him with disdain, merely because his Cravat is not correctly disposed—he will moreover be obliged to hear in silence, and to approve (under pain of being considered unacquainted with the common rules of politeness) all the remarks which he will thus subject himself to—occasionally relieved by hearing a whisper of “He cannot even put on a Cravat properly.”
THE END.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
| Introduction | [iii] |
| THE CRAVAT. | |
| Its philosophical, moral, and political history; with reflections on its influence on society—from its origin to the present time | [9] |
| THE STOCK. | |
| Its origin—inconvenience and advantages—its colour, form, &c. | [17] |
| The black and coloured silk Cravat | [21] |
| FIRST LESSON. | |
| Preliminary observations | [25] |
| SECOND LESSON. | |
| Cravate Nœud Gordien | [30] |
| THIRD LESSON. | |
| —— à l’Orientale | [34] |
| FOURTH LESSON. | |
| —— à l’Américaine | [36] |
| FIFTH LESSON. | |
| —— Collier de Cheval | [37] |
| SIXTH LESSON. | |
| —— Sentimentale | [39] |
| SEVENTH LESSON. | |
| —— à la Byron | [41] |
| EIGHTH LESSON. | |
| —— en Cascade | [43] |
| NINTH LESSON. | |
| —— à la Bergami | [44] |
| TENTH LESSON. | |
| —— de Bal | [45] |
| ELEVENTH LESSON. | |
| —— Mathématique | [46] |
| TWELFTH LESSON. | |
| —— à l’Irlandaise | [48] |
| THIRTEENTH LESSON. | |
| —— à la Maratte | [49] |
| FOURTEENTH LESSON. | |
| —— à la Gastronome | [50] |
| FIFTEENTH LESSON. | |
| Eighteen different methods of putting on the Cravat | [51] |
| Cravate de Chasse | [52] |
| —— à la Diane | [53] |
| —— à l’Anglaise | [ib.] |
| —— à l’Indépendance | [ib.] |
| —— en Valise | [54] |
| —— en Coquille | [ib.] |
| —— de Voyage | [55] |
| —— à la Colin | [ib.] |
| —— en Jet-d’Eau | [56] |
| —— Casse-Cœur | [ib.] |
| —— à la Paresseuse | [57] |
| —— Romantique | [ib.] |
| —— à la Fidélité | [58] |
| —— à la Talma | [ib.] |
| —— à l’Italienne | [59] |
| —— Diplomatique | [ib.] |
| —— à la Russe | [60] |
| —— Jesuitique | [ib.] |
| SIXTEENTH LESSON, and last. | |
| Important and necessary observations | [62] |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| On the Importance of the Cravat in society | [65] |