1888 Chromolithograph Maintenon Conti Bourbon Fashion Fontange Dress LCH4 XAM4 Tourabouts

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1888 Chromolithograph Maintenon Conti Bourbon Fashion Fontange Dress LCH4 XAM4 TouraboutsThis is a rare original 1888 color chromolithograph which portrays, right down to the beauty marks, a selection of aristocratic figures from the court of King Louis XIV of France, all are dressed to the nines in the fashions of the late 17th century. The women are wearing their hair la fontange, with wired headdresses perched above their well maintained curls, a popular trend which promoted a tall, feminine look. A unique feature of this illustration,