La poule d'Inde en falbala (The turkey in a falbala)
Engraving, by Jean-Baptiste Bouchet, publ. 1700
Bibliothèque nationale de France

A satirical print targeting French fashion of the time.

'A woman in 'pretintaille and fontange
Thinks herself as beautiful as an angel ;
But this vain falbala, by its vast size,
Makes her as big as a tower ;
And all this set-out inflates and stuffs her up.
Until she resembles a fat turkey.'

  








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