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"Corr. de la Duchesse d'Orléans, Princesse Palatine, mère du Régent."

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Speaking of the Iron Mask, Voltaire writes:—"His greatest passion was for linen of great fineness and for lace."—Siècle de Louis XIV.

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Fought by Marshal Luxembourg—vieux tapissier de Notre-Dame—against William of Orange.

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Falbala—a deep single flounce of point or gold lace. The Mercure Galant, 1698, describing the Duchess of Burgundy "à la promenade," states: "Elle avoit un habit gris de lin en falbala, tout garny de dentelles d'argent."

"Femme de qualité en Steinkerke et Falbala."—Engraving of 1693.

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