Robe de Cour à la Turque, Oriental coiffure with aigrettes and plumes, etc.  Furnishings made by Rose Bertin, modiste to the Queen, for the Countess d'Ogeras. "1786, 1st February. - The trimming of a robe à la Turque of pink and black striped velvet, the parements trimmed with a band of white satin, striped with pearls, edged … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 3e Cahier de Grandes Robes d'Etiquette, 6e Figure

 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