short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
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to wear on the Sabbath a cap of peculiarshape and make. The escape of Lord Nithsdale from the Tower, in theearly part of the eighteenth century, was principallyeffected by the large riding-hoods worn at that time, whichhe put on, along with his wifes dress and cloak. Suchhoods were ever after… … from their dress and wore the steeple hat, high andnarrow in the crown, with a broad brim (Fig. 83). TheCavalier of the same era wore a low, broad-crownedhat with a feather stuck on one side. The principalchanges that have taken place in hats from time totime have been in the height of the crown…
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