COSTUME: The age of Madame de Pompadour



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DESCRIPTION:
Denomination of the moles (beauty-spots, flies).


They were so charming and irresistible!
I wonder why they don’t come into fashion today...


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DESCRIPTION:
A few costumes of the Louis XV, 1745.


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DESCRIPTION:
Shoes for women made of leather and silk.

PLACING:
Croatian Historical Museum.

PERIOD:
Late years of 18° century.

DIMENSIONS:
cm. 22.5 x 11

NOTES:
Bartol Felbinger, an architect from Zagabria, donated them to the Museum.
(Hrvatske zemlje I francuska revolucija, Zagreb 1989, catalogue number 178; M. Sercer- Stari zagrebacki obrti, Zagreb 1991, catalogue number 292).
In 1989 Iva Cukman restored the shoes.


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DESCRIPTION:
Female accessories of the period.


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DESCRIPTION:
Female accessories of the period: a crinoline.


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DESCRIPTION:
Shoes for women


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DESCRIPTION:
Female accessories of the period: a seducing piece (engageant).


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Female accessories of the period: a corset.


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DESCRIPTION:
Madame de Pompadour at her embroidery table.


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DESCRIPTION:
A dress usually worn at the court of Louis XV.


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DESCRIPTION:
A French fan.

PERIOD:
(1760 - 1770)

NOTES:
A painted double fan made of swan’s leather. It shows a hunting scene with various female figures; the frame is rococo style and painted in gold, the sticks are made of extremely refined ivory with silvery and golden drawings. In the upper part the sticks show a female portrait: looking at its tiny dimensions we must call the artist a real genius in the miniature field.


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DESCRIPTION:
A sedan chair. Versailles, the Carriage Museum (Musée de Voitures).

PERIOD:
18° century.

NOTES:
The origin is French; it is made of golden wood and painted.


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