The Captive V pp 64-83

Tea-gown

p 70 | Chinchilla toques with big grey veils are hard to find online. Here's a brief history of women's hats.

p 71 | "...young man so learned in matters of racing..."  This is OCTAVE, the young golfer at Balbec, nephew of M. Verdurin.

p 75 | Mme Swann's tea-gowns would look very much like this.

Click here to see a sampling of the Met's collection of clothes made by Callot Soeurs, which is what the Duchesse was wearing and the Narrator was learning about. 

p 78 | The terrifying jumping girl of Balbec was Andrée (seeWithin a Budding Grove, II p. 508).

p 82 | Tamarisk  The genus Tamarix (tamarisk, salt cedar) is composed of about 50–60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa.

p 83 | "...figures by Benozzo Gozzoli against a greenish background.."  possibly from the Medici family's Magi Chapel in Florence.

Robe du soir Doucet, Paris, 1900-1905