Marie Du Deffand [ Art and Literature ]
… established in 1747 from her tonneau (a great hood chair), rapidly coming to rival another famous salonnière , Madame Geoffrin, 1 who would play a definitive role in financing the Encyclopédie . Benedetta Craveri describes Madame Geoffrin’s salon as ‘the expression of an enlightened bourgeoisie, eager to assert its cultural titles,’ while in …
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