Élisabeth-Charlotte d'Orléans, duchesse de Lorraine wearing a mantua
From www.altesses.eu/princes290.php; sepia tone removed by gogm.
The under-skirt Liselotte's mantua has five layers of flounces, two horizontal bands edged with lace, a horizontal band edged with fringe, and two serpentine bands edged with fringe. Serpentines can be seen in fashion plates of the era.
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