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Illustration depicting a Parisian lady's maid in the 1630s. The illustration is made in the turn of the 18th-19th century, by Georges-Jacques Gatine (1773–1848) Mistress and Maid by Johannes Vermeer. A lady's maid is a female personal attendant who waits on her female employer. The role of a lady's maid is similar to that of a gentleman's ...
A lady's companion was a woman of genteel birth who lived with a woman of rank or wealth as retainer. The term was in use in the United Kingdom from at least the 18th century to the mid-20th century but it is now archaic .
Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan (née Genet; 2 October [1] 1752, Paris – 16 March 1822, Mantes) was a French educator, writer and Lady's maid.In the service of Marie Antoinette before and during the French Revolution, she was afterwards headmistress of the first Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur, appointed by Napoleon in 1807 to promote the education of girls.
Rosina Harrison (1899-1989 aged 90 [1]) was a lady's maid, chiefly to Lady Astor, and became known after describing their working relationship in her autobiography. Harrison, from Yorkshire, became Astor's maid in 1928. [2] Her autobiography, Rose: My Life in Service, was published in 1975. [2]
Maid in Middle English meant an unmarried woman, especially a young one, or specifically a virgin. These meanings lived on in English until recent times (and are still familiar from literature and folk music), alongside the sense of the word as a type of servant.
Maria Gustavna Tutelberg was a Baltic-German noblewoman who served as a chief maid to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna at the Alexander Palace. She was second lady's maid to the Empress, and served in the Imperial Household until the Imperial family's execution during the Russian Revolution .
As such, she had an important position in the royal household, as the queen was generally closer to her chamber staff than to her ladies-in-waiting, with whom she normally had a less personal relationship . Skerrett retired with a pension in 1862 and settled with her sister in London. She was replaced by Annie MacDonald (1832–1897).
Lady's maid – A woman's personal attendant, helping her with her clothes, shoes, accessories, hair, and cosmetics. Lady-in-waiting - Royal Lady's maid; Laundress – A laundry servant. Maid – Female servants who perform typical domestic tasks. Majordomo – The senior-most staff member of a very large household or stately home.