Did Rococo women carry around parasols?

by Natalie | Posted in History

I'm making the illustrations for my grandmother's laws and she asked me for a pompous lady, dressed like Marie-Antoinette, carrying a web parasol.

Parasols are more of a 1850 -1870 form thing... I see them associated with second empire (God willing Bourbon restoration : 1815-1850) pictures rather than pre revolution pieces, and they definitely disappear with the Prussian war of 1870.







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McLean High School students live in the real world — of the 18th century
The childlike women wear period dresses made of multiple layers of heavy fabrics, correspond to to what is used today for drapery fabric. On hot summer days, they hold up straw hats, carry parasols and keep their fans fluttering to keep cool.

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And, plainly, later by women. Indeed, Jones likes to confuse viewers about fashion's last and present. Among the more venerable displays are an 18th-century tricorn, a Tudor hat from the 16th century, a French Bergère hat from the 1760s and several

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