The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-05-09
Grand Weddings.

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A succession of very grand weddings
have afforded work to tradesmen, who
would otherwise have had little to do
lately Some of the trousseauX have
been exhibited, and certainly the lingerie
surpasses in beauty anything that has
been seen hitherto. That of the young
Baronne Edmond de Rothschild contains
a dozen dozen of chemises, perfect mar
wells of needlework-so with old lace
let into the cambria; others with Jokes
and bibs of Nalenciennes lace and EN-
broidery displaying the same design, and
others again richly worked in the media
val style, the lower edge being, in most
cases, also trimmed to match Each
chemse has its accompanying panta-
looms, just as richly 0rnamented.
To some of the night dresses had been
given distinguishing names. The Mar
guerite has square front made of mar
row bouillonnes of cambria and Valen-
ciennes insertion, with collar and ruflles
of the same lace; the Sultane, plastron
of Argentine lace, let in back and front,
and the Venetienne, spiral ruchings of
wide Valenciennes. There are likewise
no less than six dozen dressing jackets !.
some in cambria, with bouillonne of wide
Valenciennes insertion; others almost
covered with exquisite embroidery; also
fine cambria jackets lined with pale pink
and blue silk, and trimmed with lace and
ribbons. Many of the understands have
the front breadth entirely embroidered,
and the back decorated with flowers
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skirts (made quite short are trimmed
with lace-edged flowers.
Nothing of all this, however, can com
pete with the elegance of the dressing
gowns. There is one in white satin bro
cade, decorated with Bruges lace, wide
white fringe, and white satin bows; sec
ond in pale blue fancy silk interviewer
with silver threads, ruched with extremely
wide Nalcnciennes, and tied together with
blue and silver cords and tassels; third
in Swiss muslin deliCately embroidered,
surrounded by plating of embroidered
muslin and ruching of Nalenciennes, and
having hood of the same lace adapted
to the shoulders, with bows of blue and
pink satin ribbon, "A matinee in pink Sar-
rah, composed of skirt tlounccd with
Mechlin lace and a jacket open in front
over triple Merveilleus waistcoat of the
same lace; Russian gown made in pale
blue cashmere, buttoned on one side, and
ornamentcd with oriental galloon, pale
blue and cream colored palms on We'll
d or ground; sixth in pink cashmere,
with long plated waistcoat in pink silk
and two rows of satin buttons.
These robes de chambres have dainty
little caps to match in lace, martin,
gauze, foulard, and areophane, in various
stylcs-the Carmargo, the Pompadour,
the Charlotte Corday, the petite Mariec,
the Rachel, the Sultane, the Creole, etc,
etc. The stockings are either in silk or
Lyons thread, and of every TINT some in
open work, some embroidered in colors
with flowers and garlands, and others
with lozenges and triangles of Nalen-
ciennes, Mechlin, Argenton, and Alencon
point let in 1t may be imagined after
this that the handkerchiefs are both
beautiful and numerous, and as tor the
bed linen Ct is always included in II
French trousseau), it rivals the handker'
chiefs in dclicacy of texture. The sheets
are not only richly worked at the TOP,
but at the bottom also, with trills of eX-
quisitc lace, and are of handmade Elan
ders linen, with French cambria pillow
cases trimmed to match. Even the
towels in linen crepon have bands of We
netian point inserted, and the initials
worked IN one corncr.-L0Hd0a Draper s
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