British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 258
at it was not commonlyof white material. This medi-aeval turban was of very light construction in spite of itsbulk, being simply composed of a wire framework, overwhich was stretched a covering of silk or other material,often of the richest description. In Fig. 202 two turbansare depicted, one… … Fig. 202.—Head-dresses, temp. Henry VI. 160 BRITISH COSTUME certainly be said in favour of the turban—it was the leastaggressive of the many head-dresses which sprang intoexistence at this period. That it was a favourite is shownby its persistence. For example, the annexed figure(Fig. 203)…
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