Young Lady coiffed with a Herisson with two curls, not touching, on each side, and with a Queen's Pouf trimmed with a black tuft and girded with a blue satin ribbon, in the coque is a rose and crescent of diamonds.  She is dressed in a grand ceremonial gown on a hoop, of brocaded Indian … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 15e Cahier, 6e Figure

Young Lady of Quality in full Dress, topped with an elegant pouf cap called "the Victory cap". (1778) Grande sacque, with closed bodice.  This gown is pleated in the back, like all the other sacques, but has no pleats in the front: it is low-cut and busquée like a scabbard,* and the bodice seems, as … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 8e Cahier, 1ere Figure