Parasol Fashions and Elegant Cape Details
The notes describe a charming cape of black taffeta or colored mousseline de soie with long accordion cords and neck ruching. Parasols showcase black lace inlays, ribbons, and choll decorations. new sea side Scotch plaid and stamped foulard designs appear. The illustrated outfit features mauve cashmere, a white galloon trimmed redingote, guipure corset, lace frill, green velvet belt, and moss green tulle hat with brown feathers.
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Jtpic Choller
Ola Fashioned Lace Shawls Return To Style
Fashion notes recount lace shawls making a comeback with black chan tilly lace seen in tunic draperies and paired with mousseline de soie flounces, reflecting a revived front in couture trends. The piece hints at a revival after years of vintage storage.
Fashion notes on silk moire fabrics and guipure garments
A vintage textile feature describes satin moire and sheer fabrics, green reed tones, and guipure trims including basques and lace bodices. It mentions loops to the loo sack, a pastel blue cloth costume with Irish guipure details, a gold buckle belt, and a sky blue straw hat with blue tulle and white feather accents.
A Hard Nut to Crack, Alice
A playful dialogue shows seven year old Alice asking her mother about the stork and a letter for baby sister. The mother explains Papa wrote to bring dirt, and Alice wonders why a roof cave when the baby arrived, in Brooklyn Lite style.
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Alice
Ropa Cave
Brooklyn Lite
Deathbed Confession on Paul I's Assassination at Zverevo
A Russian deathbed confession recounts the 1801 assassination of Emperor Paul I in St Petersburg related to a plot involving Cossacks and conspirators. The artist Ivan Shtchotin describes being forced to restore the emperor's wounds for display, the murder details, and a promise of imperial favor in return. He notes the tapestry of loyalties and fear surrounding the event and indicates the narrative ends with his return to the Don country.
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Zverevo
Voronei
Don
Russia
Qosen Ivanovitch Scitchetka
St. Petersburg
Ivan Shtchotin
Osen Ivanovitch
St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Plato Zuboff
Zuboff
Czar
Romanoff
Catherine II
Soltikos
Paul I
Zuboffent
Paul
Alexander I
Zubhoff
Alexander
Don Country
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Reckless Expenditure in Dilver Estate Dispute
The exchange notes a prior owner claiming near 1000 spent on a place unfit for a dog. Sanson retorts that killing the dog would have been cheaper, framed as a sharp remark in the Boston Transcript.
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Sanson
Boston Transcript
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Hamburg
Iowa
Grogeries
Michigan
California
Tyler
McAdoo
China
Tee
Fremont County
Mr. Lerew
George Lerew
Ing
Pecembere
David Harum
Caleb West
Best Authors
Toy Books
ABC Books
C.s. Gibbs & Go
Rub Shoe Store
Brewer Drug Co
Teir
A. G. Brower Drug CO
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