GILET PETIT DROGUET LOUIS XVI, in silk decorated with small orange flowers on a mastic background, mastic back and orange lining. Size XS. History of the Louis VXI droguet vest A small flowerette placed in repetition on a lampas evokes Watteau's country scenes. Pink, cream and gray-green tones are characteristic of the late reign of Louis XVI. The taste for flowers is in line with Jean-Jacques Rousseau's desire to return to nature. The stylization lends great nobility to this fabric, made from a period document.

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