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 sleeves to wrist, with puff at elbow; fur round neck of bodice; hair in coif of gold and pearls.

MARIE (Cinq Mars). Under-skirt of yellow sati, brocaded in gold; over-skirt of blue velvet, embroidered in gold; gold waistbelt; hat and feathers; bodice low, with Medici collar; short upper sleeves, under sleeves slashed with white.

MARIE ANTOINETTE. Pale rose brocaded sacque over petticoat trimmed with bronze and lace; large hood; high powdered wig, plumes of pink feathers; red velvet round neck and wrist. In her prison days (after Paul Delaroche), she wears a plain, long-skirted, short-waisted black silk dress, the sleeves short and turned up with a band of muslin; a long muslin scarf fichu over the neck, the ends falling in front of the skirt; the hair white, and tied with a black ribbon at the back, turned off the face in front; no ornaments; a black bow and band of velvet round the neck. (See Plate VIII., Fig. 32.) In the famous picture at the Trianon (the costume worn by the Countess of Wilton at Marlborough House) the dress is three skirts over a large hoop; the first, blue brocade, embroidered in silver; the second, white, embroidered with gold; and the third, pink satin, caught up with white satin bows and silver tassels; the bodice low; the pointed stomacher a mass of diamonds; a pink satin train from the left shoulder, embroidered with fieurs-de-leys and silver fringe and lace; the hair powdered, and a large blue-velvet cap with feathers and diamonds. Another charming costume, as Dauphine (after Le Brun's picture), has the hair powdered and turned off the face, with a large toque of velvet, aigrette of diamonds and feathers, a rouleau of gauze surrounding it, and hanging at the back; the bodice is low, and a lace-edged gauze fichu is draped over it, showing the neck and crossing in the front without ends; the tight velvet sleeves come to the wrist, and are bordered with fur; so is the velvet skirt, which opens over a satin skirt; long mittens. The dress worn at the Trianon: A short quilted skirt; square bodice; elbow-sleeves, and train of brocade; powdered hair; large velvet hat and feathers. Another rendering: Pale blue satin skirt, trimmed with festoons of pale yellow lace, looped up all round with small wreaths of pale pink "pompon" roses; upper skirt of pink brocaded satin, exactly matching the roses in colour, looped rather high upon the hips a là Watteau; square bodice