The blonde Mélite walking at noon at the Palais Royal in the grand path of the fair, hoping to see the one who has fixed her heart: she is dressed in an English gown, with a Devonshire hat. (1786)
1786, December 9 - a rose bouquet with two sprigs. ... 30 livres.
December 10 - A pelisse of white satin lined and padded, bordered with white fox fur all around. ... 144 livres.
December 16 - A straw hat lined and covered with white satin, a pink satin ribbon around the crown and a black ribbon. ... 36 livres.
December 17 - Furnished a petticoat of good crêpe, trimmed with a volant with a turned-down head of the same crêpe edged with cones of white satin. ... 96 livres.
A white straw hat lined and covered with white satin, trimmed around the crown with a white ribbon, a panache of 3 plumes on the side. ... 96 livres.
A very large kerchief of brocaded gauze, edged with white quilting. ... 21 livres.
A belt of very wide ribbon, striped green and white. ... 15 livres.
A pair of little manchettes of finely-embroidered gauze. ... 10 livres.
