If they're describing it as a " gauzy, nearly transparent layer over her dress" then I doubt it was worn for modesty.
Didn't Queen Elizabeth wear such a gauzy overdress on some of her portraits? She sure didn't give birth... And I'm pretty sure I've seen other portraits with this too...
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