EditorialRenee de Rieux-Chateauneuf, La Belle Chateauneuf, mistress of King Henry III, 1550-158?. She wears a chaperon with peak, black velvet dress with shoulderpads, lace ruff collar, green sleeves, scarlet petticoat and gold rope belt. After a miniature in t...
EditorialMarie Touchet, mistress of King Charles IX of France, 1549-1638. Daughter of an apothecary. She wears a bonnet on top of a chaperon, a ruff collar, velvet brocade dress with shoulderpads over embroidered petticoat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by...
EditorialAnne of Pisseleu, Duchess of Etampes, mistress of King Francis I, 1508-1580. She wears a chaperon headdress, velvet surtout with lace ruff collar, jeweled choker, slashed sleeves with high shoulderpads, damask petticoat, and chain belt. After a miniatu...
EditorialRenee de Rieux-Chateauneuf, La Belle Chateauneuf, mistress of King Henry III, 1550-158?. She wears a chaperon with peak, black velvet dress with shoulderpads, lace ruff collar, green sleeves, scarlet petticoat and gold rope belt. After a miniature in t...
EditorialMarie Touchet, mistress of King Charles IX of France, 1549-1638. Daughter of an apothecary. She wears a bonnet on top of a chaperon, a ruff collar, velvet brocade dress with shoulderpads over embroidered petticoat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by...
EditorialAnne of Pisseleu, Duchess of Etampes, mistress of King Francis I, 1508-1580. She wears a chaperon headdress, velvet surtout with lace ruff collar, jeweled choker, slashed sleeves with high shoulderpads, damask petticoat, and chain belt. After a miniatu...