Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 131
117 PERSONAL ADORNMENT. a fragile creature, because it becomes a pleasant joke, a piece of irony ! Women often wear high bonnets, and there is no objection to this, provided the bonnet be perfectly dis- tinct from the head, and the excessive length or size be quite separate from the mass of the… … THE HORIZONTAL STYLE OP HEAD-DRESS. without saying anything of its shape, detached it com- pletely from the rest of the body, the natural proportions of which were not altered by it, because the hennin was simply an ornament, evidently intended as a decoration for the head, and easily separated…
Clothing and dress · Decoration and ornament · Fashion and art
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