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This charming book examines European dress as it evolved in eighteenth-century France, the country which (with occasional challenges from Britain) had already established itself as the arbiter of fashionable taste in this most elegant of eras.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
This charming book examines European dress as it evolved in eighteenth-century France, the country which (with occasional challenges from Britain) had already established itself as the arbiter of fashionable taste in this most elegant of eras.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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IN SPITE OF SOME temporary excesses, exceptions perhaps that prove the rule, dress in eighteenth-century France achieved an extraordinary and sustained elegance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
needle lace, bobbin lace Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame de Pompadour, Middle Ages, Marie Leczinska, Palais Galliera, Madame du Barry, States General, King Louis, Mademoiselle Gaillard, Third Estate New!
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IN SPITE OF SOME temporary excesses, exceptions perhaps that prove the rule, dress in eighteenth-century France achieved an extraordinary and sustained elegance. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
needle lace, bobbin lace Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame de Pompadour, Middle Ages, Marie Leczinska, Palais Galliera, Madame du Barry, States General, King Louis, Mademoiselle Gaillard, Third Estate New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Marianne in the Market: Envisioning Consumer Society in Fin-de-Siecle by Lisa Tiersten in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Fabricating Women: The Seamstresses of Old Regime France, 1675–1791 by Clare HaruCrowston in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Art and Fashion: The Impact of Art on Fashion and Fashion on Art by Alice Mackrell on page 24, and Back Matter
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