The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-05
THr NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN, SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1876.
THE TRoUssEAU OF A princess.
THE MAGNIFICENT DRESSES OF THE NIECE CT
THE KING OF HoLLAND-AN OVERSIGHT
worth $1O, OO0-TH1 WHOLE
OUTFIT VALUED AT
100000.

/ Lucy hooper WtIt09 10 INC 1AH"uO
Telegraph: Within the last few days l have
had the pleasure of inspecting the troussesu
of 0 princess real princess-that IS TO say
one Of undoubted 70, al blood. the damse! IN
question being the Princess Marie Aiexandnna
| Of Saxe-Weimar niece to the King OF Holland.
She is shortly to be married to the Pnnce OF
Reuss. and the firm of Godcherand Co., on
the Rue Neuve des Capucines. has the honor
Of preparing the bridal outfit OF her royal
highness.
And surely her ladyship will have some,
thinrsof Q wardrobe when she gets It al
home. She has twelve dozen each OF all
| the smaller articles OF lingerie ana SIX dozen
Of the larger pieces, all Of the finest cambria,
onlv varying in the styles Of their puts and
tucks. their laces or embroidery. These
underparments alone cost So. 900. Then she
has eighty dresses and twenty-five bonnets,
and Providence only knows how many gloves.
fans, cloaks, shawls, and other pretty trifies
of that nature. OF course only portion OF
this immense wardrobe was shown, but that
portion was remarkably we'll worth seeing.
The laces in particular were exquisite in
fineness and design. One dinner dress OF
palest green crepe de Chine was decorated
with three hood founces OF the finest and
costliest Yalenciennes, which crossed the
front transverseiy; the back of the dress was
drawn in two immense puffs and the cuirass
oorsage, open en- ceur, was trimmed with mar
row lace to match the dounces. Another
dress of pale lilac crepe de Chine was trimmed
with equally fine and beautiful point Du-
chesse. A garnet velvet dress was decorated
with narrow point d'Alenoon of the greatest
beauty and fneness. The wedding dress was
in white satin. The front Of the skirt was
covered with three wide Fl ounces of magnii-
cent point aguille (sometimes erroneously
called point de VsBise), the second richest OF
modern laces, the richest being, of course,
the point d'Alencon.
These founces were put simply on, straight
round the skirt, in the old. fashioned way.
An immense court train. fully three yards
long, was attached to the waistband of the
skirt It was bordered all round with the
rows of lace separated by narrow quilting
of satin. The corsage was, as usual, open
en- coeur. with half-long sleeves, and was
trimmed with lace; it's dre-s Of pale rose
colored silk was decorated with founces and
trimming of point applique which looked
very ordinary in comparison with the splen.
doris Of the richer laces. There were, also,
dresses trimmed with antique laces, which
had descended to the bride from some Of her
royal ancestors curious, cobweb-like fabrics,
but lacking the dainty beauty Of artistic de-
sign which marks the laces of the present
day.
The costliest and most superb article in the
trousseau was displayed on q table in the GEN.
ter of the room. II was q tunic or overskirt
Of the royal point d. Alencon, Of incompatible
finenees and beauty OF design. This splendid
and regal fabric had employed ten workmen
for eight years. and had cost $4,000. The
pattern was dahlias, forgetme-nots and ferns,
grouped with marvellous grace and encircled
BY dainty tracery of branching tendrils,
delicate as frost.work upon the window pane
The brides travelling dress was Of stamped
black velvet trimmed with bands of Russian
sable and surmounted by black velvet toque.
| also trimmed with fur, and with single bird
with dove-colored and golden-green plumage.
| The cost of the whole trosseau had amounted
to 500, 600. For the brides mother, the
Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, Q ruby vel
vet dress had been prepared, covered almost
entirely with the real point de Venise, that
antique lace of cardinals and converts, the
secret of whose manufac ure is lost.
What these broad founces, delicate as
carvings in ivory, might be worth, did not
attempt to surmise. only know that in the
palmy days before the war, in Philadelphia. .
collar and sleeves in such lace were sold by
Levy for $12O, and are now in my possession.
A court dress made for the Grand Duchess
was shown; the train was of pale green satin.
bordered with broad band Of embroidery in
silver, the threads Of which, being of pure
m stal, had resisted the aotion of time, for this
train had been gift to the lady from her i'm.
perial godmother, one Of the late Expresses
Of Russia It was lined throughout with err
mine. and must have been no small weight to
carry. The dress it was to be worn over was
of white satin, covered with q ounces in white
net, embroidered with silver flowers to match
those on the train, these founces being Of