Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 234
ay that theribbon loops fell overthe brow, and the hair stood up behind them. Thisaccidental head-dress was a mode so becoming thatit was universally adopted by the court, and wasgiven the name fontange. The ribbon was re-placed by larger loops and bands of lace; and thenformal plaitings of gauze… … Priscilla Webb Ropes. 1761. 542 Two Centuries of Costume The fontange became a structure of brass-wire, rib-bons, hair, and baubles of all kinds about two feet highwhich made a womans face look as if it were in the mid-dle of her body. In its perfected state and in its highest altitudeit was made…
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