Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-03-10
Interesting to the LadIes-The Irons.
seau OF Princess.

Lucy Hooper writes TO the Philadelphia
T'elegr0ph: Within the last few days |
have had the pleasure of inspecting the
troussoau of Prnccss-a real Princess
that Is TO say, one of undoubted royal
blood, the damscl In question being the
Princess Marie Alcxandrina of Sake
Weimar, niece to the King Of Holland.
She is shortly to be married TO the Prince
Of Reuss, and the firm of Godcherand e.
Co., on the Rue Neuve des Capucines, has
had the honor of preparing the bridal out
fit Of her Royal llighness. And surely
her ladyship will have something of a
wardrobe when she gets it oil home. She
has twelve dozen each Of all the smaller
articles of lingerie, and six dozen of the
larger pieces, all of the finest cambric
only varying In the styles of their putls
and tucks, their laces or embroidery
These undergarmcnts alone cost $4,000.
Then she has eighty dresses and twenty
five bonnets, and Providence only knows
how many gloves, fans, cioaks, shawls
and other pretty tritlcs Of that nature. OF
course only portion of this immense
wardrobe was shown, but that portion was
remarkably well worth seeing. The laces
in particular were exquisite in fineness
and design, One dinner dress of palcst
green crepe dc Chine was decorated with
three hood founces of the finest and cost
liest Nalencienncs, which crossed the
front transversely; the back of the dress
was drawn in two immense pufls and the
cuirass corsage, open en- cpur, was trim
med with narrow lace to match the
lounccs Another dress of pale lilac
crepe dc Chine was trimmed with equally
fine and beautiful point Duchesse. 4
garnet velvet dress was decorated with
narrow point d'Alencon of the greatest
beauty and iinencss. The wedding dress
was in white satin. The front of the skirt
was covered with three wide flounces of
magnificent point aguille sometimes erro
neOusly called point dc Venise) the second
richest of modern laccs, the richest being,
of course, the point d'Alencon. Tn, Sc
tlounces were put simply on, straight
round the skirt, in the old fashioned way
An immense urt-train, fully three yards
long, was attached ~ tnc walstuanu
of the skirt. Ii was bordered all round
with the rows of lace, separated by mar
row quilting Of satin. The COZ sage was,
US usual, open en- cGuTt with half long
sleeves, and was trimmed with lace it's
dress of pale, rosc-colorcd silk was deco
rated with tlounces and trimming of point
applique, which looked very ordinary in
comparison with the splendors OF the rich
er laces. There were, also, dresses trimmed
with antique laccs, which had descended
TO the bride from some one of her royal
ancestors, curious, cobweb-like fabrics,
but lacking the dainty beauty of artistic
design which marks the lacts of the pres
ent day The costliest and most superb
article in the rousseau was displayed on
table in the center of the room. 1t was
Il. ..ENl H. - a
d'Alcncon, of incompatible finencss and
beauty OF design. 1nis splendid and re-
gal fabric had employed tc1 workmen for
eight years, and had cost $4,000. The
pattern was dahlias, forget me nots, and
ferns, grouped with marN clous grace, and
enCircled by dainty tracery of branching
lcndIils, delicate as frost work upon. the
window-pane. The brides travelling dress
was Of stamped black velvet, trimmed
with bands of Russian sable, and sur.
mounted by black velvet toque, also
trimmed with fur, and with single bird
with dove.coloTed and golden green plum.
age. The cost of the whole trousseau h ad
amounted to 100000. For the brides
mO,her, the Grand Duchess of SAKE.
Weimar ruby velvet dress had been pre-.
pared, covered almost entirely with the
real point de Venisc, that antique lace OF
cardinals and converts, the secret oi
whose manufacture is lost What these
broad flounces, delicate as carvings in
ivory, might be worth, did not attempt
to surmise. l only know that in the
palmy days before The war, in Fhiadel
phia, u collar and sleeves in such lace
were sold by Levy TOR $l20, and are now
in my possession. A court dress made
for the Grand Duchess was shown; tht
train was of pale green satin, bordered
with a broad band of embroidery in sill
yer, the threads Of which, being of pur,
metal, hal resisted the action of time, fo
this train had been a gift to the lady from
her imperial godmother, one of the lat
Empresses of Russia. 1t was lineC
throughout with ermine, and must havt
been no small weight to carry. The dres
ii was TO be worn over was OF white satin
covered with tiounces in white net, EN-
broidered with silver flowers to mattel
those on the train, these tlounccs being o
modern manufacture