Robe de Cour with its hoop, trimmed as Jacob's Ladder. "Court dress requires that women, on the presentation days, have uncovered shoulders. This was formerly a handsome spectacle; it has since changed. Ambition nourished women's embonpoint and seemed to augment their youthfulness. Today one would say that this same ambition desiccates them and makes them thinner: … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 5e Figure

 Robe de Cour à la Française, with its petticoat trimmed in varied garlands. Memoir of Lacoste, at the Crowned Dauphin, to Mme the Countess d'Arvilly, January 2, 1785. "The trimming and the bodice of a gown of white crêpe, spangled with silver in faux vermicelli patterns, the parement trimmed with a beautiful garland of two fringes … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 4e Figure

Robe de Cour with its hoop, trimmed with oak leaves in garlands. To Madame the Countess d'Oyras: "1786, 1st February. - The trimming of a gown of satined stuff with a ground of King's Eye, satiny white stripes, the drapery trimmed with an embroidered crêpe and bouillons of bare satin in all colors, edged with … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 3e Figure

Great Oriental Robe de Cour. Coiffure in the African style. To Madame the Countesse d'Oyeras: "1786, 1st February. - The trimming of a grand robe française of satin with a white ground striped with blue and white velvet, the drapery edged with a pleated ruffle of tournante blonde, tulle ground with a pattern, bouillons of gauze above the … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 2e Figure

 Robe de Cour with hoop, trimmed with dotted ermine. To the Marquise de Torre Monsamal: "1785, 8 March. - 10 ells of spring fabric is gros de Naples with a white ground, spangled with silver and lilac for a wide-hooped gown at 120 livres ... 1,200 livres. "Two pieces of spangled crêpe embroidered with lilac sequins in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 1ere Figure