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Page 66
... headdress , was extremely square , the face being , as it were , enclosed in a frame . Towards the end of the fourteenth century appeared also the ' cushion ' headdress , which was a kind of padded roll worn over a hairnet . The hair ...
... headdress , was extremely square , the face being , as it were , enclosed in a frame . Towards the end of the fourteenth century appeared also the ' cushion ' headdress , which was a kind of padded roll worn over a hairnet . The hair ...
Page 67
... headdress . ( These are not con- temporary names but attempts by modern scholars at descriptive labels . ) The latter had a veil attached to the top . The hennin or ' steeple ' headdress was much worn in France . In England it took the ...
... headdress . ( These are not con- temporary names but attempts by modern scholars at descriptive labels . ) The latter had a veil attached to the top . The hennin or ' steeple ' headdress was much worn in France . In England it took the ...
Page 141
... headdresses and man in a soft hat , c . 1778 . It was at this period that the headdresses of women reached their most exag ... headdress was sometimes crowned with the most fan- tastic objects : a ship in full sail , a windmill with farm ...
... headdresses and man in a soft hat , c . 1778 . It was at this period that the headdresses of women reached their most exag ... headdress was sometimes crowned with the most fan- tastic objects : a ship in full sail , a windmill with farm ...
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