British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 459
Fig. 392.—Cam-paign wig withdildoes on eitherside, 1684. Fig. 393.—Wig show-ing the origin of thepig-tail. … 302 BRITISH COSTUME head/ and is illustrated in Fig. 392. These dildoes or pole-locks, when hung from the centre of the long periwig, form without doubt the origin of thepig-tail (Fig. 393). For tightening thecurls of wigs, small rollers of pipeclay-called bilboquets or roulettes were used.The…
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