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Description
Marguerite of France, the first wife of Henri the IV, wears a charcoal colored dress with a large skirt, with a wheel farthingale. The underdress is purple with nine, bright yellow stripes at the hem. She wears white gloves and her cuffs are white trimmed with white pointed lace. She wears a double strand pearl and pendant necklace and she has three strands of pearls draped across the bodice. The dress has a large, standing white ruff, trimmed in lace. She wears pearl earrings and a small, three-pronged pearl tiara. One small, white shoe shows from beneath her dress. In the background are two arched columns and a stone ledge, which appears to be a balcony, looking out over greenery and trees. The walls have green, flowered wall paper. This plate is based on a work “Marguerite de Valois,” by Thomas de Leu.
Pearls Gloves Lace and lace making Women's shoes Women's clothing Necklaces Headgear Color in clothing Clothing and dress Stripes Earrings Sleeves Arches Gargoyles Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1553-1615 Ruff Ruffle Wheel farthingale 16th C costume France
Place
France
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 8.75 x 12 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 1
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