And a personal favourite - Zola in a frock and bonnet going to do 'research' at the ladies' department store.

Reminds me of something...

A programme from the Folies-Bergere - someone trying to note down a particularly catchy ditty

Samplers from a young Simone Vernerey in the 1920s, and her 1st prize for promptness, good conduct, lessons, homework, reading, spelling, sciences, history, geography and calculus, and 2nd prize for sewing.

A special magic finding these 100-year-old pieces of a young girl's handiwork.

Fancy a cheeky night at the theatre, despite Paris being under siege?

How about a crowd-funder gig for a canon or machine gun to fight those rascal Prussians?

Outrageously loud tartan silk ribbons from 1837-1840 - from a book of *6300* samples