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Image Credits
[1] Angelica Kauffman, Lady Elizabeth Foster, 1785
[2] Attributed to Antoine Vestier (1740 1824), Portrait of a woman on a terrace, 1780s
[3] Vigee LeBrun, Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress, 1783, Met Museum
[4] Vigee Le Brun, Self Portrait with Cerise Ribbons, c. 1782, Met Museum
[5] Chemise, c. 1780, American, Met Museum
[6] Vigee Le Brun, Marie Antoinette with a Rose, 1783, Palace of Versailles
[7] https://en.chateauversailles.fr/disco...
[8] “Marie Antoinette in her hamlet at Versailles,” by Charles Gustave Housez. 1867.
[9] Romney, Mrs. Billington as Saint Cecilia, 178788, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
[10] David, Mde and Msr Lavoisier, 1788, Met Museum
[11] Jen Juel, Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark, 1787
[12] Mary Chichester by Francis Alleyne (Burton Constable Hall)
[13] HenriPierre Danloux, Harriott Manningham, 1793

Chemise a la Reine, Manchester Art Gallery
Chemise à la reine 178589, musée de la toile de jouy, photos from costumehysteric.blogspot.com/.jpg

[14] Dress, French, c. 1785, Met Museum
[15] Robe Volante, c. 1730, French, Met Museum
[16] Dmitry Levitzky, Portrait of Nastas’ya Levitzkaya 1783
[17] Carle Vernet, Merveilleuse and Incroyable, Paris National Convention, c. 1796
[18] Pongee (Wild) Silk Dress by Liberty & Co. Ltd. (ca 1895); © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
[19] Dress, 180414, French, Met Museum
[20] Gelatin Sizing, Diderot Encyclopedie
[21] Sorting Rags into Grades of Varying quality and strength, Diderot Encyclopedie

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