Duchesse de Montmorency

A lady «en blanc, le cou couvert de perles extraordinaires, qu'on disait la duchesse de Montmorency», seen once at a Paris charity sale on 1874-06-04 (020.0119). Marie lists the best toilettes of the fête («une fête comme la vente du square Masséna de Nice»; the tombola tickets were sold by «chevaliers du pince-nez»): the duchesse de Mouchy, a lady resembling her, this «dame en blanc», and the princesse Souvoroff. Mon Journal t.3 index: «Montmorency (duchesse de), 217».

Identity uncertain

We are not sure who this is. Marie reports hearsay («qu'on disait»), the paragraph gives no first name, and no duchess de Montmorency was matched to the sale. If you can identify this person, we would be glad to hear from you.