tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post9084272970479869986..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: L'Ordre du Saint-Espritelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-41258434730456942352010-12-07T19:32:26.517-05:002010-12-07T19:32:26.517-05:00That is such a beautiful decoration, with all that...That is such a beautiful decoration, with all that blue. And the painting is magnificent! You can somehow sense the young king's underlying sweetness. I would love to have a reproduction of it (the painting, of course) and hang it on my wall...<br /><br />Here is a post about two princes, Orléans and Condé: <br /><br />http://crossoflaeken.blogspot.com/2010/03/two-princes.htmlMayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-46899487491694185802009-07-01T16:34:23.785-04:002009-07-01T16:34:23.785-04:00That's interesting. Here is my post on Madame ...That's interesting. Here is my post on Madame de Maintenon, who retired to St. Cyr, the school which she had founded. <br /><br />http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2008/02/madame-de-maintenon-and-education-of.html<br /><br />I can see Madame de Maintenon teaching recipes at St Cyr to her noble pupils just as she had them taught lace-making.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-22543947665202241972009-07-01T16:22:45.095-04:002009-07-01T16:22:45.095-04:00re Cordon Bleu
...And please pardon my poor French...re Cordon Bleu<br />...And please pardon my poor French spelling -I remember reading a bio of Louie(14)'s second (morganatic) wife. She was sent packing as soon as the king died. She opened up a finishing school for impoverished young ladies (St Cyr, lated converted into the French military academy). <br />She awarded blue ribbons for the Home-Ec projects, including recipes. Thus it was explained to me chicken 'cordon bleu'. It all sounds too funny to me. And finishing schools then would not have taught skills left to the menial labor (servants) of the house. <br /> I'm anxious to hear more about the Order of the Holy Spirit. I suppose it ranked up there with the St. George/Garter and the emperor's Golden Fleece. <br /> And what was that old Canadian Explorer/Colonial bigwig donning in the beginning of the movie "BlackRobe"? I seem to remember the sash being blue. I hope some of your good readers can fill us in more.tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07272003035464034763noreply@blogger.com