Antoine Sartine was only following in the steps of other financiers enriched by supplying troops, such as the Pâris family who were related to the famous Marquise de Pompadour.
In particular, she focuses on certain people, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Madame de Pompadour.
Madame de Pompadour ordered generous supplies of perfume, and King Louis demanded a different fragrance for his apartment everyday.
Legros de Rumigny was the hairdresser for the French court of the 18th century including Madame de Pompadour.
Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764), Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV
Vincent La Chapelle (1690 or 1703 – 1745) was a French master cook to Phillip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to William IV, Prince of Orange, to John V of Portugal then to Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV of France.
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Madame de Pompadour wished Louis to marry her daughter but his father avoided that demand by pretending that Louis's mother was Princess of Lorraine (much superior to the house of Richelieu) and that he would thus need the permission of the head of that house (Francis I) for the marriage.
Legend has it the shape of the glass was modelled on the breast of Marie Antoinette, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Madame de Pompadour, or one of several other French aristocrats, although this is almost certainly false.
Noticed by the Marquis de Marigny, brother of Mme de Pompadour and general director of the Bâtiments du Roi, de Wailly worked in the park of Marigny's Château de Menars and, thanks to his support, managed to obtain the commission of a new theatre for the Comédie-Française.
Mme de Pompadour saw it while living in Étiolles - before being raised by the royal favour, and dreamed of this splendid residence.
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (better known as Madame de Pompadour) (1721–1764), marquise de Pompadour