From www.bigart-gallery.ru/Varvara_Miatleva_by_Albert_Edelfelt-pictures-497-93015.html#.UI9c1Y4QZ64.
Varvara Miatleva's bustle is small enough to tuck under her skirt in this 1882 Edelfelt portrait painted in St. Petersburg in 1882 (see signature at lower left). Her neck is completely covered by her ruff that may have a vee shape if she was portrayed from the front.
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