Marie Antoinette in 'gaulle,' a simple muslin dress. One of Marie Antoinette’s favorite dresses to ware at the Trianon and Hameau was a white muslin shift known as the gaulle. This dress was copied by Bertin Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker from the Creoles and the French colonialists wives fashion as they were not able to wear silk in the Caribbean heat.

Tomb monument of Marie Antoinette (1755 - 1793) Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI. The Gothic Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris

Marie Antoinette in an extremely elaborate robe de cour. I believe this portrait was commissioned in answer to Empress Maria Theresa's criticism of her daughter's preference for simple muslin dresses ( the famous portrait of the Queen in a 'gaulle' by Vigee-Lebrun had come to her attention).

Portrait of the duchess de polignac wearing a straw hat with a feather and is dressed en gaulle

Portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette "en gaulle", 1783

Marie-Antoinette, arrives in Versailles 16 may 1770, day of her marriage to Monseigneur Louis Auguste Dauphin de France

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Madame de Montespan, 17th C by Jean Petitot

Marie Antoinette's linen shirt worn during her imprisonment NewYorkCouture.net

Marie Antoinette's carriage.