Meanwhile orders were to be given to procure boards for making a sort of mantelet to protect our men from the arrows and stones of which the savages generally make use.
One mantelet was so constructed that the water could not extinguish the fire, which might be set to the fort, under cover of the arquebusiers who were doing their duty on the cavalier.
His sadel was of brent gold new ybete: A mantelet upon his shouldres hanging, Bret-ful of rubies red, as fire sparkling.
This mantelet of Valenciennes lace," continued the busy marquis, unfolding before the princess a magically fine lace texture, "this mantelet is sent by the Queen of France to the illustrious Princess Elizabeth.
This lace mantelet could surely only come from Paris; nothing similar to it had been seen in St. Petersburg; it certainly required especial sources and especial means for the procurement of such a rare and magnificent exemplar.
Bonnet of purple velvet with black feather; full mantelet of black velvet, trimmed with lace and buttons; dress of dark valencias, very full, and plain.
It requires great dexterity in cutting out the mantelet to give a graceful appearance to this innovation.
All this time Denys was behind his mantelet with another arbalestrier, protecting the workmen and making some excellent shots.
The neck of the mantelet is trimmed with rows of narrow black velvet, and cut ornaments, the same as those on the points at the lower part.
Lady's Scarf Mantelet and Diagrams, and Diagrams for Lady's Jacket.
This mantelet has received the name of Victoria in honor of the English queen, for whom one after the same pattern has recently been made.
The upper part of the mantelet is trimmed with several rows of figured silt braid, of a bright groseille color, edged with small points of gold.
The Victoria mantelet is round in form, netting easily on the shoulders, but without hanging in fulness.
The mantelet is finished at the bottom with rows of groseille colored braid, and fringe corresponding with that described in the trimming of the upper part.
The intervals between the satin points at the edge of the mantelet are filled up by Brussels net, covered with rows of narrow black velvet.
The scarf-mantelet is low on the neck; it is cut with a point, and the part of the top which folds like a shawl falls over the other, from the front, and behind is continued in a point following the shape of the lower part.
Dress and mantelet of plain silk with band a disposition trimmed with fringed ribbon.
The dress worn with thismantelet is of white muslin, ornamented with needlework; but the mantelet is intended to be worn in outdoor costume with a dress of silk or barege.
The mantelet is made of thin, soft, white muslin, and is trimmed with worked volants from six to seven inches broad, and set on rather full.
