French Lord in the late 17th century. Louis XIV court dress.

French Lord in the late 17th century. According Chevignard.

Seigneur. Vers la fin du XVIIe Siècle. D’après Chevignard. Ancien Régime.

Source: Paris à travers les siècles. Histoire nationale de Paris et des Parisiens depuis la fondation de Lutèce jusqu’à nos jours, par Henri Gourdon de Genouillac, 1879. Henri Gourdon, known as Gourdon de Genouillac (1826 – 1898) was a French historian, novelist and heraldist specialising in the French nobility and its coats of arms. He was scientific editor of the Journal des employés de Paris, the Journal héraldique, the Monde artiste (1862-1898) and the Passe-temps, a literary and anecdotal journal.

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford.

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