short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
R. Dunlap & Co. (New York, N.Y.) · The Company · leaf 20
ike a band, or twisted turban-wise.Above is another piece of cloth, cut and clipped aroundthe edges in all manner of queer shapes, the whole fallingaround the head in a confused manner. Such hoods wereworn by the ancient Knights of the Garter, and are said tohave been borrowed from Italy. It is in… … During the reign of Queen Elizabeth a great variety ofhats and caps were worn. They were mostly made of vel-vet and richly decorated with jewels, bands of gold or sil-ver lace and feathers. A writer of that time describes themthus : They wear them sharpe on the crowne, peaking uplike the speare or…
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