"Une paire de sabots de comtesse de deux rangs de tulle blonde à festons, fond d'Alençon."—Comptes de la Comtesse du Barry. Bib. Nat. F. Fr. 8157.
Madame du Barry went to the greatest extravagance in lace ajustements, barbes, collerettes, volants, quilles, coëffes, etc., of Argentan, Angleterre, and point à l'aiguille.
The great fashion. The shoes were embroidered in diamonds, which were scarcely worn on other parts of the dress. The back seam, trimmed with emeralds, was called "venez-y-voir."
Souvenirs du Marquis de Valfons, 1710-1786. A "chat," tippet or Palatine, so named after the mother of the Regent.
In the National Archives, formerly preserved with the Livre Rouge in the Armorie de Fer, is the Gazette pour l'année, 1782, of Marie Antoinette, consisting of a list of the dresses furnished for the Queen during the year, drawn up by the Comtesse d'Ossune, her dame des atours. We find—grands habits, robes sur le grand panier, robes sur le petit panier, with a pattern of the material affixed to each entry, and the name of the couturière who made the dress. One "Lévite" alone appears trimmed with blonde. There is also the Gazette of Madame Elizabeth, for 1792.
Mémoires sur la Cour de Louis XVI.