Evening dress of Queen Emma of the Netherlands, 1879 via gogmsite
Court train owned by Queen Hortense, First Empire
From the Chateau de Malmaison Costume Collection app:
“Hortense, the daughter of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Marie-Josephe-Rose (later to become Empress Josephine) married Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother. When they came to power as king and queen of Holland in 1806, this led to a renaissance in court life and the etiquette established by Louis Bonaparte at that time borrowed from the customs of Napoleon’s imperial court. Hortense had to set an example at official receptions and did so by wearing richly decorated silk dresses and court trains like the one seen here. The first example of this sort of train was the one worn by Empress Josephine at Napoleon’s coronation and immortalized in David’s celebrated painting in the Louvre.”
(Source: fripperiesandfobs)
