Cotillon

Frederick of Prussia took it into his head one day, in a moment of gayety, to call her Cotillon II., instead of Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, and styled her reign of favor

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

Most actually disappear, and in Balanchine's case not only his early work in Russia and early triumphs in Europe like La Chatte (1927) and Cotillon (1932), but important pieces he made in America, like Le Baiser de la Fée, Balustrade, The Figure in the Carpet, Opus 34, the Paul Taylor solo from Episodes.

Keeper of the Jewels Gottlieb, Robert 2008

Notable features among the usual: how to dance the German, or Cotillon; remarks and four chapters on English, French, or others in contrast to American customs, making it a guide to European manners; proper behavior for the single woman past girlhood; appropriate costumes for many occasions; three chapters on staff and servants.

Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

Cotillon seats are generally secured in the early part of the evening by tying handkerchiefs to the backs of the chairs.

The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men Walter Germain

The "German" (the "Cotillon," as the French call it) is, however, and probably long will be, the most fashionable dance in society.

Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

The closing German of the Thursday Cotillon, hard upon the threshold of

Queed Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

Cotillon with Mrs. Delmour-Carnes from one end, Gerald Erroll with

The Younger Set 1899

The affair was one of a series that the girls of the Cotillon had been giving to the men of the same club.

Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris 1886

By and by, when they had finished and had lighted their cigars and cigarettes, they began to talk about the last Cotillon, to which Vandover and Haight belonged.

Vandover and the Brute Frank Norris 1886

Pierre at once perceived Monsignor Nani, who was sitting on a low couch, and, as the prelate had hoped, he was quite alone, for the Cotillon had attracted almost everybody to the picture gallery.

The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871