It does look like a small French Farthingale or perhaps just a padded roll....there being a very small [or none at all] bit of bulk at the CF [the strip of trim there seems to have a bit of a highlight at the point of the bodice] It is my understanding that at this point in time you sometimes see a Spanish Farthingale under a fuller pleated skirt....sometimes with a pad at the top. The angle at the waist looks too severe to be just the pleats of the skirt holding it out. But the skirt definitely has a hint of that conical shape you get with a Spanish farthingale.
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