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With another successful Fetes Galante complete at the Chateau de Versailles, I thought we'd have a Versailles-themed FYC. Enjoy this d...
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With another successful Fetes Galante complete at the Chateau de Versailles, I thought we'd have a Versailles-themed FYC. Enjoy this d... -
I owe you all I good post, not only because I have been so remiss in updating lately, but because I am likely to remain a little less prolif... -
During the uprising of the Vendee when royalists in southern France clashed with the French Republic troops, the young (royalist) general He...
Puce!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed, you beat everyone else to the punch!
DeleteWoot! I remember reading about puce in "Queen of Fashion." My mother had told me about the color when I was little, and I always thought it had an ugly name, but neither she nor I knew it meant "flea."
DeleteI like that there were different shades of Puce including for the belly of the flea etc which means it can range from a fawn brown to a pinky colour. Totally cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteThey just seem to have had a name for everything, and a million variations as well.
DeletePuce! I've seen the derivation/description given as both the color of a bloody squished flea, or the color of a flea that's engorged with blood. It's shown as browner than I generally envision it in this fashion plate.
ReplyDeleteOoh, thanks for the sharing! I love those old fashion plates, they are such a wealth of information.
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