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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.68501#0375
THE TOILETTE IN HUNGARY.
HE dress worn by the better
classes in most of the courts of
Europe, is swayed by the fashions
of France and England; but the
national costume of Hungary is
well known to the lovers of the
fancy-ball, who often array them-
selves in its sable dress, with
sleeves straight to the arms, and
stays fastened in front with gold,
pearl, or diamond buttons.
Lady Wortley Montague, in
her “ Letters,” says : “ The
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Hungarian lady’s dress is beautiful; a gown of scarlet
velvet lined and faced with sables, made exactly to fit
her shape, the skirt falling to the feet. The sleeves
are straight, the stays buttoned before with two rows
HE dress worn by the better
classes in most of the courts of
Europe, is swayed by the fashions
of France and England; but the
national costume of Hungary is
well known to the lovers of the
fancy-ball, who often array them-
selves in its sable dress, with
sleeves straight to the arms, and
stays fastened in front with gold,
pearl, or diamond buttons.
Lady Wortley Montague, in
her “ Letters,” says : “ The
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Hungarian lady’s dress is beautiful; a gown of scarlet
velvet lined and faced with sables, made exactly to fit
her shape, the skirt falling to the feet. The sleeves
are straight, the stays buttoned before with two rows