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One of the leading figures on the Paris social scene – not only for her rank and sovereign elegance, but also for her culture and intelligence – Comtesse Greffulhe was a significant source of inspiration for Marcel Proust, who used her as the model for the Duchesse de Guermantes in Remembrance of Things Past. She was also the cousin of Robert de Montesquiou, who drew on her for some of his poems, including a sonnet whose closing line Beau lis qui regardez avec vos pistils noirs ('Beautiful lilies gazing with your black pistils') doubtless refers to this dress. The bertha collar, whose original form was altered, certainly during its owner's lifetime, could be turned up to form bat's wings; a bat being Montesquiou's emblematic animal, making this a true dress-poem.

Photographs from the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee by Eliot Furness Porter, 1968 (printed 1984).

Fall of the Angels, Saint Michael’s Church, created by sculptor Karl Georg Merville, Vienna, 1782

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These pressed flowers were collected by George Marr whilst serving as a soldier in Salonika, Greece, during the First World War.