From grace-grimaldi.livejournal.com/59315.
French style prevails everywhere, regardless of politics as this portrait of Countess Sofia attests; great for hot, humid St. Petersburg summers.
Keywords: 1806, Sofia Vladimirovna Panina, Orlov family, Panin family, Countess, Russian, Lady-in-Waiting, Catherine II, curly coiffure, turban, criss-cross bodice, vee neckline, waist band, Empire waistline, close skirt, wrap, handkerchief