The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter VII. Starving and Lacing. Louis XVI Dress in 1776. George III.
The Corset and the Crinoline. Chapter VII.
Category: Louis XVI
The schoolmistress by Jean Honoré Fragonard
French Rococo. The schoolmistress – Dites donc s’il vous plaît c.1780 by Jean Honoré Fragonard
The three daughters of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave by Joshua Reynolds.
The three beautiful daughters of James, second Earl Waldegrave was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1780-1 for Horace Walpole.
Madame Le Brun and Child exhibited at the Salon of 1787
Painted at Vigée Le Brun’s best period this group ranks among her highest achievements,- it has been engraved and reproduced times out of number
The eighteenth century silhouettes. Baroque, Rococo & Directorate.
The leading fashion designers of the eighteenth century looked to the sixteenth century and later to classical Greece and Rome for ideas and inspiration.
Ballroom costume of the late Louis XVI period with mask and fan.
This Ballroom costume contains almost every possible exaggeration that could be heaped upon an already overdeveloped style.
Ebony cabinet in the style of Louis Seize. Victorian period.
Ebony cabinet in the style of Louis Seize. Prize medal for great excellence of design and workmanship in decorative furniture 1862.
Goldsmiths’ work and jewelry by Gilles L’Egaré. France 18th century.
Some of the clasps, called châtelaines, with which this plate is filled, belong to the style which was in fashion from 1719 to 1745
Furniture from the era of Louis XVI. The litter. Rococo 18th c.
The palanquin of Queen Maria Lesczinska. Litter from carved and gilded wood, painted with flowers and cupids. The Independence Candelabra.
Fourreau élégant. La bonne petite Soeur promenant son petit frère. 1786.
La bonne petite Soeur promenant son petit frère. Elle est Coiffée d’un Chapeau à la sicilienne et vêtue d’un Fourreau élégant.