According to Farrely (2017) “It appears to be a lady, wearing a gorget under the chin and possibly a nebuly head-dress, where the hair is held in place by a crespine of fabric or fine wire. The hair appears to be gathered at the top of the head and flows down over, and to t...
In 1755, in the first production ofVoltaire’s playL’Orphelin de la Chine(The Orphan of China), the great French actorsLekainandMlle Clairon—who, like Diderot, were bent on more simplicity and historical accuracy—performed without the hoops or overskirts of then fashionable dress. Similarly...