Pouf Collection

Woman in a ball gown with mask, 1788
Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu, corset in English taffeta, and blue taffeta petticoat

Moroccan Pouf Makers
Moroccan Pouf makers

Middle Eastern Leather Poufs, Khan el-Khalili bazaar (Souk), Cairo, Egypt

The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace
5856316 The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace.; (add.info.: The infamous hat known as the Cagliostro or the Queen's necklace)

The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule, a naval frigate that distinguished itself in combat in 1778
5856315 The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule, a naval frigate that distinguished itself in combat in 1778.; (add.info.: The famous hairstyle inspired by the Belle Poule)

The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress
5856345 The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress.; (add.info.: The Queen in grey-white half-mourning dress. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in riding coat of the colour of London-chimney soot
5856340 Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat. Man in riding coat of the colour of London-chimney soot.; (add.info.: Woman in bottle-green petticoat and felt hat)

Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers, and woman with hedgehog hairstyle and lazy-woman bonnet
5856339 Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers, and woman with hedgehog hairstyle and lazy-woman bonnet.; (add.info.: Woman in English-ingenue headdress with feathers)

Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style
5856335 Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style.; (add.info.: Woman wearing a dress of English silk with hair in the councillor style)

Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta
5856334 Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta.; (add.info.: Woman in puce taffeta caraco over a petticoat of pink taffeta)

Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves
5856323 Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves.; (add.info.: Man in wool redingote in the colour of London-chimney soot with sailor sleeves)

Fashionable hats of 1788. Half hat in violet gauze with white frills, hat in pink taffeta with ribbons
FLO4672007 Fashionable hats of 1788. Half hat in violet gauze with white frills, hat in pink taffeta with ribbons, gauze and feathers, and a pouf in Italian gauze with ribbons and plumes

Fashionable hats of 1788. Straw hat with violet ribbons and plumes, a pouf a la preresse with blue gauze
FLO4671987 Fashionable hats of 1788. Straw hat with violet ribbons and plumes, a pouf a la preresse with blue gauze and taffeta ribbon diadem, and a straw hat with pink taffeta

Hat a l'Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and hat a la Colette
FLO4671738 Hat a l'Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and hat a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons

Woman in a new style of pouf called the Stradre. Pouf with a new taste told the Stradre
FLO4606586 Woman in a new style of pouf called the Stradre. Pouf with a new taste told the Stradre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from an Album of Fashionable Hairstyles of

A woman in wine-coloured redingote, from the English "riding coat."
5856318 A woman in wine-coloured redingote, from the English "riding coat."; (add.info.: A woman in wine-coloured redingote)

The Queen's bed at Trianon, in gilded walnut with Florentine linen bedspread
5856313 The Queen's bed at Trianon, in gilded walnut with Florentine linen bedspread.; (add.info.: The Queen's bed at Trianon, in gilded walnut with Florentine linen bedspread)

Duchess of Tourzel, governess to Marie Antoinette's children, 1885 (lithograph)
5893608 Duchess of Tourzel, governess to Marie Antoinette's children, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Portrait of the Duchess of Tourzel, governess to Marie Antoinette's children)

Portrait of the Princesse de Lamballe, 1885 (lithograph)
5893606 Portrait of the Princesse de Lamballe, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Portrait of Marie-Louise Therese of Savoy-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe. La Princesse de Lamballe d'apres Grevedon)

Woman in redingote, skirt and chapeau-feutre (lithograph)
5893605 Woman in redingote, skirt and chapeau-feutre (lithograph); (add.info.: Woman in redingote of striped taffeta over a skirt and corsage with artificial flowers)

Dresses and clothes in the Turkish style
5856344 Dresses and clothes in the Turkish style.; (add.info.: Dresses and clothes in the Turkish style. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Oval chinoiserie candlestick
5856341 Oval chinoiserie candlestick.; (add.info.: Oval chinoiserie candlestick. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Woman in redingote with four collars, wearing an anonymous hat, and a "ribbon of love" on which is found
5856333 Woman in redingote with four collars, wearing an anonymous hat, and a "ribbon of love" on which is found the letters L. M

Woman in yellow caraco and straw hat, and woman in violet-blue caraco and yellow gauze hat
5856331 Woman in yellow caraco and straw hat, and woman in violet-blue caraco and yellow gauze hat.; (add.info.: Woman in yellow caraco and straw hat)

Turkish-style bonnet with diadems and high-priestess bonnet
5856330 Turkish-style bonnet with diadems and high-priestess bonnet.; (add.info.: Turkish-style bonnet with diadems and high-priestess bonnet)

Woman wearing an English-style dress with peasant bonnet and hair in ringlets
5856321 Woman wearing an English-style dress with peasant bonnet and hair in ringlets.; (add.info.: Woman wearing an English-style dress with peasant bonnet and hair in ringlets)

Hairstyle with ringlets and curls surmounted by a Luxembourg pouf. Coeffure in Rolling
FLO4606618 Hairstyle with ringlets and curls surmounted by a Luxembourg pouf. Coeffure in Rolling and Floating Loops topped by a Pouf in Luxembourg

Victoire de Rohan holding the baby Marie Therese, 1885 (lithograph)
5893604 Victoire de Rohan holding the baby Marie Therese, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Victoire de Rohan, Princess of Guemene, holding the baby Marie Therese)

Hat in white taffeta trimmed with pink ribbon
5856343 Hat in white taffeta trimmed with pink ribbon.; (add.info.: Hat in white taffeta trimmed with pink ribbon. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Hat inspired by Salieri's opera "Tarare": pink and black striped taffeta
5856337 Hat inspired by Salieri's opera "Tarare": pink and black striped taffeta, decorated with a garland of roses

A woman wearing a dark slate-blue redingote with three collars
5856319 A woman wearing a dark slate-blue redingote with three collars.; (add.info.: A woman wearing a dark slate-blue redingote with three collars)

Portrait of the Queen at Trianon by Sicardi
5856312 Portrait of the Queen at Trianon by Sicardi.; (add.info.: Portrait of the Queen at Trianon by Sicardi. Photoglyptie from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Woman in pierrot, pouf bonnet, apple green petticoat, with Jeannette ribbons on her shoes
5856327 Woman in pierrot, pouf bonnet, apple green petticoat, with Jeannette ribbons on her shoes.; (add.info.: Woman in pierrot, pouf bonnet, apple green petticoat)

"Prominent citizen" bonnets
5856325 "Prominent citizen" bonnets.; (add.info.: "Prominent citizen" bonnets. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Women's belt badges
5856320 Women's belt badges.; (add.info.: Women's belt badges with classical scenes. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Sketch portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette, 1780, 1885 (lithograph)
5893624 Sketch portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette, 1780, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Sketch portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette, 1780)

Woman with her hair combed up over a pouf (support) and decorated with flowers, pearls and a sash, called the Flea
FLO4606320 Woman with her hair combed up over a pouf (support) and decorated with flowers, pearls and a sash, called the Flea. The Pouf has the Chia

Bourgeoise woman with daughter, era of Marie Antoinette
5893589 Bourgeoise woman with daughter, era of Marie Antoinette.; (add.info.: Fashionable woman strolling with her daughter, era of Marie Antoinette. Bourgeoise se promenant avec sa fille)

Fashionable woman in drape skirt, era of Marie Antoinette
5893583 Fashionable woman in drape skirt, era of Marie Antoinette.; (add.info.: Fashionable woman in pouf hairstyle, drape skirt over petticoat, era of Marie Antoinette)

Woman in decolletage dress, era of Marie Antoinette
5893581 Woman in decolletage dress, era of Marie Antoinette.; (add.info.: Woman in pouf hairstyle with tall hat, striped dress with low-cut decolletage bodice a la Peruvienne)

The Queen's ivory fan
5856317 The Queen's ivory fan.; (add.info.: The Queen's ivory fan. Photoglyptie from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times," by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885)

The Queen in her bodice - sketch by Miss Josephine Houssay
5856314 The Queen in her bodice - sketch by Miss Josephine Houssay.; (add.info.: The Queen in her bodice - sketch by Miss Josephine Houssay)

Woman in a silk redingote and straw hat with a cane in her hand
5856332 Woman in a silk redingote and straw hat with a cane in her hand.; (add.info.: Woman in a silk redingote and straw hat with a cane in her hand)

Woman in a milkmaid bonnet with blue-grey English sheath dress trimmed with white Jeannette ribbon
5856329 Woman in a milkmaid bonnet with blue-grey English sheath dress trimmed with white Jeannette ribbon.; (add.info.: Woman in a milkmaid bonnet with blue-grey English sheath dress trimmed with)

Pouf hat and shell hat in gauze
5856324 Pouf hat and shell hat in gauze.; (add.info.: Pouf hat and shell hat in gauze. Hand-colored lithograph from "Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette)

Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu
FLO4671829 Woman in a ball gown, with chapeau topped with a pouf decorated with ribbons and laurel leaves, fichu, corset in English taffeta, and blue taffeta petticoat

Woman in the Crown or Crown hairdo, a backcombed hairstyle surmounted by a pouf hat with pleats, pearls and tassels
FLO4606670 Woman in the Crown or Crown hairdo, a backcombed hairstyle surmounted by a pouf hat with pleats, pearls and tassels

Woman in the Asiatic hairstyle, 1770s. Her hair is combed up over a large support pouf and decorated with flowers
FLO4606328 Woman in the Asiatic hairstyle, 1770s. Her hair is combed up over a large support pouf and decorated with flowers, pearls, fabric and feathers. Asian pouf

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"Pouf: A Fashionable Journey Through Time and Culture" Step into the world of elegance and opulence as we unravel the captivating history of the pouf. From its origins in 1788, where a mysterious woman adorned in a mesmerizing ball gown and mask captivates our imagination, to the skilled Moroccan pouf makers who craft intricate leather designs. Traveling further east, we find ourselves amidst the bustling Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Here, Middle Eastern Leather Poufs catch our eye with their vibrant colors and exquisite craftsmanship. The air is filled with whispers of ancient tales woven into these beautiful creations. Transported back to an era synonymous with grandeur - Marie Antoinette's reign - we encounter fashionable women donning extravagant hats that defy gravity. Their elegant poise is matched only by their love for coffee, indulging in this exotic beverage while draped in luxurious satin dresses à la Polonaise. The allure continues as we witness women flaunting elaborate hairstyles paired with resplendent gowns fit for royalty. The iconic pouf hairstyle takes center stage alongside bonnets à la Nicolet – both symbols of fashion-forward thinking during Marie Antoinette's time. But even amidst all this glamour, practicality finds its place too. We catch a glimpse of a fashionable woman washing her feet after dressing up; a reminder that beauty requires effort but also care for oneself. Decolletage dresses reveal just enough skin to ignite curiosity while maintaining an air of sophistication during Marie Antoinette's era. And let us not forget about those magnificent pouf bonnets – delicate works of art adorning heads like crowns from another realm altogether. As we conclude this journey through time and culture, one thing becomes clear – the pouf has transcended boundaries and eras alike and has become more than just a fashion statement; it represents an embodiment of style evolution throughout history.