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Aug 9, 2019 · Vigée had painted Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress (Fig. 2) and exhibited it in the Salon but it was heavily criticized for the attire worn by the queen. In Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution (2008), Caroline Weber writes that:
The queen, depicted with a halo of light, is dressed in an impressive white satin robe de cour with a panier and a train decorated with fleur-de-lis; the crown of France is beside her. The...
Aug 29, 2012 · Embellished with silk embroidery, ribbon appliqués, spangles and glass stones, Marie-Antoinette's lavish dress is restored to its original splendour at the Royal Ontario Museum.
May 9, 2021 · Source: Wikimedia Commons. Marie Antoinette has often been wrongly attributed as the creator of the chemise à la reine dress, and whilst it is true that the name of the style originated from her wearing it, she was most certainly not its creator.
Nov 1, 2016 · After becoming queen in 1774, Marie-Antoinette embraced her new nation’s passion for fashion. Her enthusiasm for clothing fit into the wider culture that reigned at Versailles. In the 18th ...
Marie-Antoinette (after 1783) by after Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. In 1783 Vigée Le Brun scandalously exhibited this portrait of the Queen wearing a...
Sep 17, 2006 · Her dress looks like a shroud. The former Queen had been denied a priest of her choice (one of the dissidents who had refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the Revolution), so she mounted the...
