Rococo 1715-1775

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau. Portrait of Madame de Sorquainville. 1749.

The fashions of the period blended perfectly with the elegant furnishings of the period. The weight and grandeur, which had dominated the reign of Louis XIV, gave way to a smaller, more natural human figure with looser lines. The wigs of both men and women were now powdered white, lightening the whole appearance of the figure.