Louis XV in contrast to that of Louis XIV. Jean-Jacques Rousseau mentions her atelier in his memoirs as a popular place for those wishing to get to know Paris, and noted that many men visited her shop to speak to her shop girls. She was portrayed in a contemporary novel, La Sainte Nitouche, ou Histoire galante de la Tourière des Carmélites, suivie de l'histoire de La Duchapt, célèbre marchand de mode (London, 1748; rev. ed. Paris, 1830) References 18th-century deaths 18th-century French businesswomen Year of birth missing Year of death missing French fashion designers French women fashion designers