Marie Antoinette: The Queen of Fashion: Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français

Marie Antoinette: The Queen of Fashion: Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Français

RP-P-2009-1219

• caption: ‘Grande parure de Cour à la Française.’
• address: ‘A Paris, chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances, No. 259. Avec Pr. du Roi.’

French queens were expected to set an example in the realm of fashion. As the wife of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette threw herself into this task with enthusiasm. Together with her marchande de modes Rose Bertin and her hairdresser Léonard, she launched many a new fashion. Court etiquette dictated robes de cour – lavishly embellished gowns with wide skirts. When receiving visitors, Marie Antoinette wore a robe à la polonaise 1 2, but preferred an informal, loose-fitting gown when at her own pavilion in Versailles. This chemise de la reine 3 was quickly adopted by other women of the elite.

• print maker: Nicolas Dupin (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: after drawing of Augustin de Saint-Aubin (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Esnauts & Rapilly (mentioned on object), Paris

c. 1787

gravure, met de hand gekleurd

height 325 mm x width 214 mm

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

purchase 2009-09-30

Public domain

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