A French gentleman's Jacobite Rosette

[Mr. MacDougall]

I have a Threads magazine article that deals with making several styles of rosettes. If anyone is interested maybe I can scan and post?

Please do not violate copyright.

[macwilkin]

Wouldn't a French gentleman sporting a white rosette on his bonnet, regardless if he was wearing a kilt or not, be showing his support for the royalist or Bourbon cause than for a show of Jacobite sentiment?

Must be just me as I just yesterday finished reading Marie Antoinette.

btw, I have a Threads magazine article that deals with making several styles of rosettes. If anyone is interested maybe I can scan and post?

Remember though that a number of exiled Jacobites served in the French army in the 18th Century.

T.

[Rollo]

Quelle merveilleuse cocarde ! aux armes de sainte Jeanne d'Arc !!!

[Ancienne Alliance]

Quelle merveilleuse cocarde ! aux armes de sainte Jeanne d'Arc !!!

Parfaitement ! Bravo !


Ravi qu'elle vous plaise, cher ami.


Bien à vous,

Robert

[Jack Daw]

Very nicely creative, Robert.

[Dixiecat]

Remember though that a number of exiled Jacobites served in the French army in the 18th Century.T.

Very true, but the topic of this thread is not about exiled Jacobites, but French gentlemen.

I guess it would all depend upon the time period that the French gentleman would have worn his rosette.

[macwilkin]

Very true, but the topic of this thread is not about exiled Jacobites, but French gentlemen.

I guess it would all depend upon the time period that the French gentleman would have worn his rosette.

You miss my meaning; Scottish Jacobites saw the French as allies in their struggle to reclaim the throne, and a number of Scots served in the armies of the French king, whose soldiers also wore a white cockade.

White cockades were worn by royalist supporters in France through the Revolution.

So yes, it is appropriate.

T.

[Ancienne Alliance]

You miss my meaning; Scottish Jacobites saw the French as allies in their struggle to reclaim the throne, and a number of Scots served in the armies of the French king, whose soldiers also wore a white cockade.

White cockades were worn by royalist supporters in France through the Revolution.

So yes, it is appropriate.

T.

French troops were also present at Culloden's battle.


Best,

Robert

[macwilkin]

French troops were also present at Culloden's battle.


Best,

Robert

Indeed they were -- Fitzjames' Horse, piquets drawn from the Irish Brigade and the Royal Écossois, just to name a few.

T.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Indeed they were -- Fitzjames' Horse, piquets drawn from the Irish Brigade and the Royal Écossois, just to name a few.

T.

Thank you !

I suppose we don't have any paintings of these uniforms... ?


Best,

Robert