King Louis VI and queen at a ball at court, France, later 15th century. King Louis the Fat at right with queen (Adelaide of Maurienne or Lucienne of Rochefort) in a gold dress trimmed with ermine. Courtiers in hennin hats, gowns with trains. Une fete a la cour. France, XVe siecle. Taken from the Roman de Girart de Nevers, Fonds de la Valliere MS 22, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by the Thurwanger brothers from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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