This portrait of comtesse de Durfort, about age 23, shows how fashion is firmly entrenched in a form that would not change for decades.
Keywords: 1747, Valade, Louise Françoise Maclovie de Coëtquen, comtesse de Durfort, de Coëtquen family, de Durfort family, Countess, French, curly coiffure, floral headdress, earrings, jeweled choker neck band, lace neck band, square décolletage, robings, ruching, sacque back, stomacher, three quarter length tight sleeves, lace engageantes, panniers, over-skirt, gloves, robe à la française