Revealing Parelle d’Auvergne: LC-MS Characterization of Dyes in a Robe à la Circassienne
Rare surviving examples of late eighteenth-century French dress are exceptional. The robe à la circassienne examined in this study is preserved in an unusually intact state, likely due to its small size, which limited its suitability for later wearers, and the rapid shift in fashion that further reduced incentives for...