

The Merveilleux Domino is trimmed at the hem with festoons of old lace caught up with pink bows repeated on the shoulders the large sleeves coming from the plait at the back.
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Handsome velvet and satin brocades are employed on some with no capes, but full bishop sleeves and lace ruffles are gathered from the neck beneath a double frill of lace.

White satin is covered with white chiffon and lilies of the valley are dispersed all over it, falling in a shower the cape is formed of boullonnees of chiffon blue satin dominoes are turned back with pink roses. The newest kinds are made in chiffon and gaily trimmed with flower. Black is usually trimmed with a color, in the form of a thick ruching down the front and round the bell-shaped sleeves, and are often piped with a color and lined with the same. It should be large and long enough to slip over the dress easily, and hide it completel. It is made in satin, silk, and brocade, or of plain cotton in the Princess shape, having often a Watteau plait with cape and slender-pointed hood and wide sleeves. Worn at masque balls and sometimes as a fancy dress. The lighter tones sometimes edged with swansdown.ĭOMINO, A. The black are usually trimmed with a colour, such as a thick ruching down the front and round the bell-shaped sleeve, and are often piped with a colour and lined with the same. It should be large and long enough to slip over the dress easily, and hide it completely. Worn at masque balls and sometimes as fancy dress. The black are usually trimmed with a colour, such as a thick ruching down the front and round the tunic-shaped sleeves, and are often piped with a colour and lined with the same.ĭOMINO, A. They should be large and long enough to slip over the dress easily, and hide it completely. They are made in satin, silk, and brocade, or of plain cotton in the Princess shape, having often a Watteau plait with capes and large hoods and wide sleeves. The English in particular appear to have continued to use dominos and evolved a lot of rather frou-frou variations barely related to the original concept of the simple black robe.)ĭOMINO. (Here's a set of descriptions of the classic domino, a robe-like costume which dates back to the masquerades of the 18th century and is more associated with masquerades (masked balls) than fancy dress events, but still seem to have turned up occasionally.
