Costumes from the Rococo fashion period.
Chevalier Charles d’Éon. Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Timothée d’Éon de Beaumont, known as “chevalier d’Éon” (1728- 1810) was a diplomat, spy, officer and man of letters from France. He remained famous for his pronounced… Read More
Example of combined shoes and clogs. Shoe fashion of the baroque and rococo period.
Salon de Musique of Queen Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France.
French, Style Louis XVI. In the Chambre à Coucher, Palais de Fontainebleau, France. The Lyonnais Silk Hangings, designed by Philippe de Lassale.
Court Lady under the reign of Louis XVI, for the balls of the Queen (Marie Antoinette) in 1774, 1775 and 1776 adopted for the role of the Marquise de Lenoncourt.
Coiffure l’Ingénue, Coiffure en Hérisson a crochets 1785.
Robe à la Diane. Jolie Femme vêtu d’une Robe d’un nouveau gout dit à la Diane. Galerie des modes et costumes français.
Ivory fan in the form of a deck of cards, vernis Martin. Watteau theme: a party in a palace, where Pierrot and Colombine dance.
Costumes historiques de ville ou de théâtre et travestissemens par Achille Devéria. Paris: Goupile et Vibert, 1831.
Marchande de modes portant la marchandise en ville 1780. A Dressmaker carrying the merchandise in the city in 1780.
