British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 202
rs, and enclosing thehair ; at the back of the head, wrhichis seldom or never seen in brasses,a network, fastened to the coronetat the top and hanging down, iscarried tightly round and fixed toeither caul. The coronet was, as arule, a stiff gold band ornamentedwith jewels; the cauls were ofnarrower… … Fio. 151.—Lady Burton, 1382.Little Casterton Church, Rut-landshire. 124 BRITISH COSTUME brass of Lady Harsick (Fig. 152). The reticulated head-dress was from its very nature extremely costly, andno expense was spared in its lavish decoration; as aconsequence, we find these head-dresses dignified as…
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