FOREWORD

Philippe de Montebello                                                                     vii

PREFACE

Katell le Bourhis                                                                                ix

INTRODUCTION

Charles Otto Zieseniss                                                                        1

GENEALOGY                                                                                14

CHRONOLOGY                                                                            17

ONE: COSTUME IN THE AGE OF NAPOLEON

Philippe Séguy                                                                                 23

TWO: JEWELS OF THE EMPIRE

Clare Le Corbeiller                                                                        119

THREE: JOSEPH CARDINAL FESCH

Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel

AND THE LITURGICAL VESTMENTS OF LYON                   135

FOUR: SILK FROM LYON

Jean Coural and

DURING THE EMPIRE

Chantal Gastinel-Coural                                                                 149

FIVE: UNIFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA

Raoul Brunon                                                                                 179

SIX: THE EMPEROR'S WARDROBE

Colombe Samoyault-Verlet                                                            203

SEVEN: AMERICAN WOMEN AND FRENCH FASHION

Michele Majer                                                                               217

SOURCE NOTES                                                                        238

GLOSSARY                                                                                 246

APPENDIX: A SELECTED LIST OF PARISIAN

LUXURY BOUTIQUES AND SUPPLIERS                                254

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS                                                        257

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS                                                            262

INDEX                                                                                          265

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