Inventories of the Wardrobes of Larive and Gérard from Desrozières’s Notebooks Comparison, Estimation, and Use

The notebooks left by Desrozières, who was Inspector General of the Théâtre-Français at the beginning of the 19th century, show how the clothes shop worked and make it possible to study the wardrobes of the actors that were inventoried after their departure or death as can be seen for the rich wardrobe of Jean Mauduit, known as Larive, one of the stars of the troupe at the end of the 18th century, and the much more modest wardrobe of the boarder Étienne-François Gérard, who died in 1801.