British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 485
be seen in Fig. 422, and, judging by the above, hadbecome vulgar. But probably the most extraordinary invention for theadornment of the head was that of the capriole. An oldpoet thus speaks of this fantastical coiffure: Here, on a fair ones head-dress, sparkling sticks,Swinging on silver springs a… … Fig. 422.—Coiffures.1, 2, circa 1768. 3, 4, circa 1772. GEORGE III., 1760-1820 327 In a work written about 1760 we read: Be it re-membered that in this year many ladies of fortune andfashion, willing to set an example of prudence and economyto their inferior, did invent and make public, without…
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