Dame de Paris. Reign of Louis XV, 1729.

French, Rococo, gown,18th, century, Ancien Régime, fashion,
Les Paniers, Règne de Louis XV, d’après les Modes de 1729

Dame de Paris in rococo gown in the Reign of Louis XV, 1729.

Les Paniers, Règne de Louis XV, d’après les Modes de 1729

“Modes et Costumes Historiques“. Drawing by Xavier Willemin. Edited and steel engraving by Hippolyte Louis Emile and Polidor Jean Charles Pauquet. Published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin London, 1864.

Illustration, damasks, ornament

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