Marchande de modes
Marchande de modes was a French Guild organisation for women fashion merchants or milliners, normally meaning ornaments for headdresses, hats and dresses, within the city of Paris, active from August 1776 until 1791. It played a dominating role within the commercial life and fashion industry of France during the last decades prior to the French Revolution. Amongst its members where Rose Bertin, Mademoiselle Alexandre and Madame Eloffe.
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- James-Sarazin, Ariane et Lapasin, Régis, Gazette des atours de Marie-Antoinette, Paris, Réunion des Musées Nationaux - Archives nationales, 2006
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (January 2018) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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- Guilds in France
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- 18th century in Paris
- 1791 disestablishments in France
- History of fashion
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- 18th-century fashion
- French businesspeople in fashion
- 18th-century French businesspeople
- 1776 in France
- 18th century in women's history