BIB_ID
191573
Accession number
MA 4801 (27)
Creator
Montespan, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, marquise de, 1641-1707.
Display Date
1689 Feb. 9.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1993.
Description
1 item (2 pages)
Notes
Watermark: Double circle crown at top and with sun and fleur-de-lis inside. Outer ring contains letters: CYNO DECPARL? and separate fragment of a cartouche. Watermark, beta radiograph. Shield, stars. 191573wm_MA_4801_27_WM_beta.jpg
Item 1106 in the Wrightsman gift.
Signed "Francoise de Rochechouart."
Item 1106 in the Wrightsman gift.
Signed "Francoise de Rochechouart."
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Sending a young woman, Marie Anne De La Motto, to the family of a tailor as an apprentice for a period of three years, to be taught fine sewing. The girl is to be fed, housed, to have her laundry done, and generally treated kindly as a member of the household.
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