03 Jun 2010 09:00:17AM @captain-sir-walter-gedenspire:
Her official sponsor, Madame de Barn, presented her to the Court at Versailles on 22 April 1769.Jeanne was wearing a queenly silvery white gown brocaded with gold, bedecked in jewels sent by the king the night before, and with huge panniers at the sides, a dress which had been ordered especially by Richelieu, and the likes of which many courtiers had claimed had never been seen before.
Her official sponsor, Madame de Barn, presented her to the Court at Versailles on 22 April 1769.Jeanne was wearing a queenly silvery white gown brocaded with gold, bedecked in jewels sent by the king the night before, and with huge panniers at the sides, a dress which had been ordered especially by Richelieu, and the likes of which many courtiers had claimed had never been seen before.