Subasta Bidspirit | BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande

BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande de modes (milliner), known as the dressmaker to Queen Mari... - Madame du Barry makes a payment to Marie Antoinette’s dressmaker     BERTIN ROSE: (1747-1813) French Marchande de modes (milliner), known as the dressmaker to Queen Marie Antoinette.  Bertin was the first celebrated French fashion designer and is widely credited with having brought fashion and haute couture to the forefront of popular culture. An extremely rare autograph D.S., Bertin , one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 25 th May 1778, in French. The manuscript document is a receipt issued by Bertin to Madame du Barry and states, in full, 'I have received from Madame La Comtesse du Barry, through the hands of Mr. Gadot, the sum of 600 livres as part payment of her account' . A wonderful association piece between the legendary modiste and her most famous client after the Queen herself. Some very light, extremely minor foxing, VG Jeanne Becu (1743-1793) Comtesse du Barry, the last chief royal mistress of King Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.