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 MUETTE DE PORTICI, LA. Short blue petticoat bound with light maize; a muslin apron, a Roman scarf about the waist; a low blue stay bodice, with shoulder-straps trimmed with gold braid, and worn over a white muslin chemisette, with long sleeves; square Roman head-dress, fastened with coral pins, coral ornaments.

MUSCADIN. White satin waistcoat; maroon satin coat with gold buttons; white satin skirt draped with blue bows, showing petticoat of striped Pompadour satin; open-work stockings, maroon shoes, blue bows, gilt heels; conical cap of silk beaver with roses and blue flowers; directoire eye-glass, gnarled stick with gold knob; powdered periwig; lace cravat.

MUSE DE LA POÈSIE. Under-skirt of blue satin bordered with gold cord, and embroidered with gold in front; black satin train, embroidered with gold lyres; cuirass bodice of amber satin, bordered with a black gold-embroidered band, studded with precious stones; a crown of gold wheat-ears, long gold-spangled tulle veil.

MUSHROOMS. Pale cream silk evening dress, trimmed with moss and mushrooms.

MUSIC. White satin dress trimmed round the edge with tulle and black velvet, to represent the keyboard of a piano, and above this two rows of notes and lines formed with velvet and buttons; a scarf draped across the skirt has the treble and bass clefs on the fringed ends; the low bodice has winged sleeves, a lyre on the shoulders; the same in the centre of the coronet, and on the shoes, made of white satin. On the bodice is a draped bertha fastening beneath a lyre. (See Plate XIII., Fig. 52.) Two sisters might appear as Music and Painting. (See ) Or, soft dress of crêpe de Chine or llama, the bodice low and full, with belt; embroidered with ivy leaves along the top, the same carried round the pendent sleeves from elbow; musical instrument in the hand. Or, short eau de Nil silk skirt, studded with sharps and flats, five rows of velvet with notes to represent a piece of music. In the hand a Spanish guitar.

MY COLOUR BOX AND PALETTE. Short skirt of American cloth with landscapes painted on it, a tunic of coarse linen with paint tubes and brown satin ribbon; the tubes carried as a fringe all round, with alternating shells of gold paint; brown velvet jacket with white muslin shirt; a