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This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Merveilleuse (Mer'-Va-Lyez). [Fr. merveilleux, marvelous, exquisite] A fashionable woman under the Directory in France at the close of the 18th century, at which time ultra-fashionable people affected extraordinary innovations in costume. Hence, any new style in female costume. [See Marvelieux]
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dry goods, fabrics, manufacture, history, trade, carding, spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting, netting, bleaching, and felting
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