Lady of quality getting up from bed, taking the fresh air at the Tuileries, busying herself with her work to keep herself from being bored. She is Dressed in a white Gown and a Mantelet of spotted Gauze etc. Tuileries ... "Art cannot embellish nature of its own charms, and the most precious lack solitary promenades. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 6e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 5e Figure
The young Englishwoman wanting to make her fortune in Paris, in taking the French fashions and dreaming of the means of achieving them. She is coiffed in an anglomane Hat surmounted by Plumes over her hair, falling down over the forehead à la Jaquet etc. etc. "Foreigners must please Paris, for more than one reason. … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 5e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 4e Figure
The beautiful Zulima Dressed in a Robe à la Sultane and Coiffed with a Pouf à la Turque etc. etc. Furnishings made by Mlle Bertine, modiste to the Queen, for Mme de Versisy. "1786, 15 December. - A pouf bordered with a Turban of white satin, a blonde lace of great height over it, a … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 3e Figure
The amiable Suzette Dressed in a Caraco à la Huntress of Love. She is thinking about a rende-vous with her dear Philinte. "Our Ladies having adopted caracos almost exclusively for all sorts of dress, it was a relative necessity for them to apply themselves to varying them, to embellishing them, to deprive them of this … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 62e Cahier, 3e Figure
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