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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 227

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cial entry of a caul for womens wear. The word had been applied ^ ^^^ to ^ ^t and to a .^E ^Km flat-netted head- JHm m^ ^ dress; but the m^^ ^^Sm jjpnjn^^ head-dress and ^ -«a^*^^^(^t flHk word thus used by 1642. It re-ferred, doubt-less, to a certainshaped cap, forthe name re-mained in use forthe… … -.//, Commodes, Mobs, and Pinners 537 in the sixteenth century was allied to the caul.Both were made of metal threads or cords or ofbeads. These lattice-caps also are named in Vir-ginia inventories. English maidens were marriedwith their hair flowing free. Anne Boleyn wore herhair thus as she rode…

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