Posts tagged with "Marie Antoinette"
Carpet/tapestry embroidered by Marie Antoinette and Madame Elisabeth while they were imprisoned, being taken out of storage for the Exhibition on Madame Elisabeth.
On May 7th, 1770, Marie Antoinette was officially handed over to France on an island in the middle of the river Rhine, near the French city of Strausbourg. A special structure was built for the occasion (middle photo) which was divided into three sections—the young girl would begin the ceremony on the Austrian side of the structure, complete the ceremony in the center room, and then be presented to her French retinue in the last half of the building.
As part of the remise, or handover ceremony, Marie Antoinette was stripped of her Austrian clothing, Austrian attendants, and anything that might be construed as symbolizing her former allegiance to Austria; she was redressed in a French ensemble and presented as the dauphine of France.
(via versaillesmylove)
Document signed by Marie Antoinette, dated July 5th of 1792, talking about increasing the wages of the Swiss Guards at the Chateau de Saint Cloud.
It sold at auction for $14,712, more than $4000 over the estimate.
Some of the costumes worn by Michele Morgan as Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette (1956)
Authentic Trial at Large of Marie Antoinette, Late Queen of France (by Yale Law Library)
—Marie Antoinette (2006)
Colored engravings of Versailles and the Petit Trianon, circa 1850
source: ebay.fr
—Marie Antoinette (2006)
Entering his presence, she pulled a long face, as if she had been ill-used, saying: “I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly.” The worthy Louis was puzzled for a moment, then laughed with a comfortable pride, and, almost taken aback by his unanticipated efficiency, clasped his wife in his arms.
(via vivelareine)
