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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1791
Page
3
A detailed inventory describes ladies and gentry in elaborate gowns and mantuas of gold and purple satin, crape petticoats, and embroidered veils. Dignitaries like the Viscountess and Countesses wear gold, green, and blue fabrics with pearl, rose, and tulip motifs amid lace and fringe.
Lady M Mowtagy wears a crape petticoat embroidered with blue foil stones and peacock feathers, Lady E Montagu dons the same style with white foil stones, Lady Bathurst features a crape petticoat with colored chilies and purple striped fattin, and Lady Mary Cooke appears in blue and silver fattin with a silver fringe as she appears youthful and defiant at Court.
Describes court attire with white fattin caps and feather plumes, modest ladies head dresses, toupees in small curls, tirrets as handkerchiefs, blond ties, diamonds pearls and gold earrings, coquelicot as prevailing color. Gentlemen wore modest head dresses, two rows of curls, polished steel buttons, square buckles, and some oblong buckles.
A grand royal ball opened with a minuet as The Prince of Wales and three elder Princesses arrived. Princesses Avéusta Evizaneta and Lepard of Gloucester danced, followed by the Duke of York and Duke of Clarence. Countesses and ladies in attendance joined English country dancing before the revel ended shortly before midnight.
A parade of state carriages showcases striped bodies in patent yellow blue and brown, gilt furniture and coronets. Notable entries include the French Ambassador’s coronet adorned coach and several Vis-a-Vis town coaches, each with crests, mantles, garters, and elaborate lining, lace, and fringe. MISS BOYCE leads a yellow perch coach with circular silver cypher plates and ornate panels.
The Duke of Clamence hosted a splendid entertainment for the Prince of Warts and foreign ministers at the Countess of Harpernesse’s Grosvenor Square residence. Tables bore emblems of war and virtue, with roses and gilt trophies, a temple to friendship, and a Queen medallion. The Duke’s table featured armaments and national colors as guests toasted the Queen.
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