poult-de-soie

He persisted in dressing, as in his youth, in black silk stockings, shoes with gold buckles, breeches of black poult-de-soie, and a black coat, adorned with the red rosette.

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He was always seen in a maroon-colored coat with gilt buttons, half-tight breeches of poult-de-soie with gold buckles, a white waistcoat without embroidery, and a tight cravat showing no shirt-collar, -- a last vestige of the old French costume which he did not renounce, perhaps, because it enabled him to show a neck like that of the sleekest abbe.

An Old Maid Honor�� de Balzac 1824

He was always seen in a maroon-colored coat with gilt buttons, half-tight breeches of poult-de-soie with gold buckles, a white waistcoat without embroidery, and a tight cravat showing no shirt-collar, -- a last vestige of the old French costume which he did not renounce, perhaps, because it enabled him to show a neck like that of the sleekest abbe.

The Jealousies of a Country Town Honor�� de Balzac 1824

The bodice, which was one with the skirt, was partly hidden beneath a mantle of/poult-de-soie/edged with black lace, and fastened on the bosom by a brooch enclosing a miniature.

The Brotherhood of Consolation Honor�� de Balzac 1824