Bonnet a la Randan, green taffeta band with gold insignia and white feathers and gauze, and bonnet a la Bayard, a pouf a la chinoise with gauze and feathers. Both inspired by the actress Mlle. Louise Contat in the play Les Amours de Bayard, September 1787. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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