Continue readingMarie-Josephine Louise Bénédicte of Savoy, Princess of Savoy and, through her marriage, Countess of Provence and wife of the pretender to the throne of France, was born in Turin on September 2, 1753 and died at Hartwell House (Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) on November 13, 1810. Wife of Louis-Stanislas-Xavier of France, Count of Provence and future Louis XVIII, she escaped the French Revolution and ended her life in exile.
LA COMTESSE DE PROVENCE.
Costume de Dame de Cour sous le regne de Louis XVI, en esag’e pour les bals de la Reine en 1774, 1775 et 1776
Marchande de modes 1780
A Dressmaker carrying the merchandise in the city in 1780.
Jeune Actrice vêtu du Costume Espagnol dans le Jaloux d’Estramadure 1779
Pelisse de Satin doublé poil de Chat-Angora
Robe à l’Anglaise. Coiffée d’un Bonnet à la Janot.
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Robe a l’Anglaise 1783
LEGHORN CHIPS – THE ABOLITION OF THE HEAD-DRESS – THE CAUSES THAT BROUGHT IT – HAIR RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL STATE – HATS WITH IMMENSE BRIMS – THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE HEAD-DRESS – THE ORIGIN OF THE HOOPED SKIRT – THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE HOOPED SKIRT
