Mlle Terroux made her début wearing this heirloom eighteenth-century dress at the Montreal Historical Ball. She portrayed the Baronne de Beaumouchel, her aristocratic French ancestor.

In the eighteenth century, panniers would have distended the sides of the skirt; Mlle Terroux omitted these in favour of a more fashionable nineteenth-century silhouette. While the pink dress is original, the chartreuse underskirt is a machine-sewn addition made for fancy dress.
 

Dress worn by Mlle Terroux as the Baronne de Beaumouchel Montreal, 1898 Dress and apron: French, ca. 1770 Underskirt: mid-19th century Silk taffeta chiné dress; silk underskirt Loan courtesy of the McCord Museum of Canadian History M966.53.1 © McCord Museum	Mlle Terroux as the Baronne de Beaumouchel Montreal, 1898 W. Notman Notman Photographic Archives, McCord Museum of Canadian History 123133 © McCord Museum