“her long white lace-and-satin sleeves” (March 10, 1814)

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For an informal family dinner:

“Claire sat at her dressing table, smoothing her long white lace-and-satin sleeves.”
(Chapter 8, p. 103)

“Under the rough folds of the rug that enveloped her, the silk of her dress shimmered in the dimness.” (Chapter 17, p. 211)

For a formal dinner:

“Dressed in a violet velvet robe over a white satin slip, Lady Boughton looked very much in place.”  (Chapter 2, p. 14)

For a quiet morning at home:

“At the neckline of Claire’s dress an edge of fine lawn peeped out…” (Chapter 4, p. 42)

For a country walk:

“Claire laid her walking dress on the bed.”  (Chapter 8, p. 102)

Detail from Thomas Gainsborough, Georgiana,Duchess of Devonshire, 1783. By courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA