Noblewoman at the court of King Louis XIV of France. In tall hairdo with plumes, multi-layer gown with frills and ruches, holding a parasol and fan. Cour de Louis XV, 1715. Handcoloured steel engraving by Gabriel Xavier Montaut 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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