In the dressing room, the lady’s maid helps her mistress prepare for public appearances.
The hair of the countess is swept up and powdered white or covered with an intricately coiffed and powdered wig. Her face is painted with Venetian ceruse for a fashionably pale complexion. Her cheeks are rouged.
Beneath the costly fabric of her dress, her hips are widened with padding and boned petticoats while the corset narrows her waist. Flower-scented perfume conceals the smell of her body, which is not washed particularly often.
Now she is ready to play her part as the countess of Gammel Estrup against the backdrop of the manor’s splendid halls and chambers.