Lady's maid

For the butterfly with this name, see Vanessula milca.
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 [fr] (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 valet.[1]

  1. ^ "Class and the Domestic Service System through Downton Abbey" (PDF). Repositori Obert UdL. Archived from the original (PDF) on Aug 26, 2022.