Chapter Seven
1759 year. Geranium
Over the past year, Jean-Marc only listened to stories about balls, festivals, carnivals, theaters and love. Even when he had to make sketches of mourning dresses and costumes, he tried to hide their gloom and sadness, trying to give them more grace and sad nobility.
Widows and widowers, or simply relatives of the deceased, who were in mourning, based on secular rules of decency, did not at all want to wear black satin dresses and costumes for too long. Therefore, usually dresses and costumes according to Jean-Marc"s designs were very flirty for events such as funerals. Although they were sewn from black fabrics, they were generously decorated with black rhinestones, black silk and satin ribbons, all kinds of ruffles, and finally, with feathers of a sui
