British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 396
big as theleast hair that is, three or four sometimes being placedunder the master devil ruff, which was often loadedand adorned with gold, silver, and needlework. Theymust have been most wonderful structures, particularlywhen they expanded like wings as high as the head, orfell over the shoulders… … 252 BRITISH COSTUME the century, when they began to decrease in size. In theAshridge portrait, it is small and close to the neck; thePenshurst painting (Fig. 343, PI.) exhibits it not verymuch larger; while in the Hatfield House portrait theruff is dwarfed by the lace collar. From the back ofher…
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