460. Merveilleuse, Chemise gown with train, stockings with clocks, flat shoes, shawl and bonnet, 1796.
461. Incroyable. Coal with wide lapels and turned-down collar, short waistcoat (gilt), light trousers in boots, high neckcloth (cravate), hat with cockade, unkempt hair, and knotty slick, 1796.
462. Merveilleuse, 1796.
463. ‘Creek’ dress worn by Mme Tallien, 1797.
464. Coat with wide lapels and turned-down collar, tight breeches, short waistcoat, and large cravat, 1796.
465. Chemise gown and sandals, 1796.
466. Greek coiffure, chemise gown and sandals, 1796.
467. Coal, light breeches, high cravat, and top boots, 1796.
Source: Histoire du costume par Henry Harald Hansen. Dessins de Ebbe Susen, Mogens Bryder et Kaj Norregaard. Traduit du Danois par Jaqueline Puissant. Flammarion, Paris 1954.
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