Rhead, G. Woolliscroft (George Woolliscroft), 1854-1920 · London : T.F. Unwin · leaf 223
ned up, enclosed in a silken net, which wasoften jewelled, the hair being worn in coils above theears, at the back, or hanging down, as the case maybe. The sides were then turned up sharply in theshape of a V, and the head-dress heightened. Thiswas developed in a variety of ways. The steeple… … a matter of i8 inches or less,to 3 feet—in its ornamentationand colour ; it was either plain,or decorated with simple bandsor ribbons wound crosswise ; itvaried, however, chiefly in theveiling. There was a veilthrown over the whole, andfalling over the sides of theface, or, the veil was attachedto…
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