History of Lace

by Mrs. Bury Palliser

To face page 176.

Fig. 83.

Marie Thérèse Ant. Raph., Infanta of Spain, first wife of Louis Dauphin, Son of Louis XV.

—By Tocqué. Dated 1748. M. de Versailles.

The masks worn by the ladies at this period were of black blonde lace[^[525]] of the most exquisite fineness and design.[^[526]] They were trimmed round the eyes, like those described by Scarron:—

"Dirai-je comme ces fantasques

Qui portent dentelle à leurs masques,

En chamarrent les trous des yeux,

Croyant que le masque en est mieux."