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Art in ornament and dress (1877)

Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 285

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271 PERSONAL ADORNMENT. they recalled the Crusades, or they were made in imita- tion of the head of an open carriage, hiding the charms df the face underneath from the eyes of the passers by. … HEAD-DRESSES DURING THE RESTORATION. But soon the triumph of the middle-classes modi- fied female costume. The dress and the head-dress in- creased in width. Waving bows or short curls were worn on the temples ; the shoulders were enlarged

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