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Du Barry   /du bˈæri/   Listen
Du Barry

noun
1.
Courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793).  Synonyms: Comtesse Du Barry, Marie Jeanne Becu.





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"Du Barry" Quotes from Famous Books



... of interior decoration during the classic French periods were created for kings and their queens, mistresses and favoured courtiers. Diane de Poitiers wished—perhaps only dreamed—and an epoch-making art project was born. Madame du Barry admired and made her own the since famous du Barry rose colour, and the Sevres porcelain factories reproduced it for her. But how to produce this particular illusive shade of deep, purplish-pink became a forgotten art, when the seductive person of ...
— The Art of Interior Decoration • Grace Wood
... Histoire de Mis Betsy Tatless, Traduite de l'Anglois. Paris. 1754. 3 parts in 2 vols. Bound for Mme du Barry, with her arms impressed on the sides. Southeby, Wilkinson, and Hodge ...
— The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood • George Frisbie Whicher


Words linked to "Du Barry" :   courtier, Marie Jeanne Becu


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