Lady of Quality taking the fresh air at the Jardin du Roi. She is in a Hat à l’Anglomane and dressed in a Robe Anglaise.
Furnishings made by Rose Bertin, modiste to the Queen, for the Baronne de Varielle.
“September 14, 1787. – A straw hat lined and covered with gauze, trimmed with the same, a panache of ostrich plumes, a kerchief of gauze behind, white ribbon … 84 livres.
“A gauze kerchief en cravatte, and the frill trimmed with blonde of a great height with a spotted tulle ground … 96 livres.
“A pair of sabot cuffs of the same blonde in two rows, the bodies in crêpe, their bastard blonde on the reverse … 90 livres.
“Total … 270 livres.”
Dossiers Bertin (Doucet Library)
Mimic of Modes 