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GILET PETIT DROGUET LOUIS XVI, in silk decorated...

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GILET PETIT DROGUET LOUIS XVI, in silk decorated with small green flowers on a pearl-gray background, pearl-gray back and lining. Size S. History of the Louis XVI droguet vest A small floret 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.