Young lady of quality at a masked ball, demoiselle de qualite, France, 1586. She holds a mask in her right hand and a cantenance (muff) in her left. A mirror and fan hang from her belt. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 120 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historiques de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852.

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