fontange
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Origin of fontange
1680–90; < French, named after Marie Angélique de Scorraille de Roussilles, Duchess of Fontanges (1661–81), mistress of Louis XIV
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With ball dresses of transparent textures, trimmed with flounces of the same, this fontange of ribbon is frequently placed at the edge of the slip worn under the dress.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
To add still more to the appearance of amplitude in dresses trimmed with lace, some dressmakers edge the skirts with a fontange of ribbon.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
The under-sleeves worn in dressed costume are also open at the ends, in the pagoda form, and are trimmed with fontanges or frills of lace, or richly worked muslin.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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