Hi,
I was reading Mme. d"Aulnoy's Princess Mayblossom (I have kind of a
thing for the whole 13th-fairy figure) and in this version http://
www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/
princessmayblossom.html, the fairies who were invited to the baby's
birth were promised quite the gift bag:
And to reward them for their trouble, they were promised a
hongreline (Note 1) of blue velvet, a skirt of amaranth velvet, and
slippers of crimson satin, a pair of little gilden scissors, and a
case full of fine needles.
Note 1 says a hongreline is a Hungarian coat. A little further poking
on the Web suggests it was a fur-lined or fur-trimmed justaucorps. I
have found a couple of pictures of a military/men's version, but have
not tracked down the female version that seems most likely to be of
interest to skirt-wearing fairies. The outfit does a kind of spectrum
thing, head to toes blue-purple-red (amaranth is a purpleish red).
Anyway D'Aulnoy is 17th century, so I am looking for any clues on
where to find a picture of a woman's 17th century hongreline. Any
advice would be most helpful.
No wonder the disinvited fairy was angry -- gilden scissors and a
case full of fine needles! Later on the queen is so grateful she
gives the fairies ribbons, too, "which they loved". These fairies
sound kind of like costumers...
Thank you!
Lauren
Lauren M. Walker
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