British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 304
fferent varieties of this particularstyle were evolved, differing in material, length, width, &c,but all based upon one general plan* In order to increasethe weight, strain, and general inconvenience of this head-dress, a veil more or less voluminous was attached to it, pre-ferably near its… … 188 BRITISH COSTUME veil, in conjunction with the general awkwardness of thehead-gear, can only be adequately appreciated by thosewho have worn a modern reproduction. The Lady of theTournament represented in Fig. 245, PL, gives us an idea ofthe great length of rich veiling which at times…
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