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The Marquesa wears a spectacular half-dome dress with a natural waistline set off by belt in this 1868 Madrazo y Kunz portrait. Tulle can be used dramatically in evening dresses as the Marquesa and her designer apparently knew. The bands of blue around her skirt are under the tulle, but the rosettes are above it.
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