Fashion of a courtier of King Louis XIV of France, 1690. In powdered wig, blue justaucorps with gold embroidery, lace cravat with bow, lace cuffs, court sword, buckle shoes. Cour de Louis XIV, 1690. Handcoloured steel engraving by Antoine Monnin after an illustration by Francois Claudius Compte-Calix from Album Keepsake des Costumes de la cour Francaise depuis Charles VII jusqu’a Louis XVI, Keepsake Album of French Court Costumes from Charles VII to Louis XVI, Modes Parisiennes, Paris, 1854.

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