This portrait shows the details of middle 1700s dress including revers, a stomacher adorned with horizontal ruched bands, and the close sleeves that flare out to launch her lace engageantes. She wears a robe à la française.
Keywords: Valade, Louise Françoise Céleste de Coëtquen, de Coëtquen family, de Durfort family, Duchess, French, curly coiffure, floral headdress, square décolletage, revers, stomacher, ruching, three quarter length close sleeves, engageantes, lace, panniers, jeweled neck band, lace neck band, gloves, robe à la française