Marguerite of Lorraine at her wedding ball, 1581
Marguerite of Lorraine, sister of Queen consort Louise of France, sister-in-law to Henry III of France, wife of Anne Duke of Joyeuse, 1581. She wears a three-pronged cap, lace ruff, dress with jeweled corset, embroidered slashed sleeves and skirts with vertugadin or farthingale. The wedding dress from the painting Le Bal des noces du duc de Joyeuse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Galerie Francaise de Femmes Celebres, Paris, 1827
Picture No
12489517
Media ID
45762542
Size
4551px x 6703px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
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Celebres Corset Farthingale Femmes Francaise Galerie Gatine Jewel Joyeuse Lante Lorraine Marguerite Ruff Slashed Vertugadin
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