Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 229
asthead of Virginia,in 1642, I find a special entry of a caul for womens wear. The word^ ^..j^^ had been applied to a net and to aflat-netted head-dress ; but thehead-dress andword thus usedwere out of dateby 1642. It re-ferred, doubt-less, to a certainshaped cap, forthe name re-mained in use… … .,/ r-,,/f/■//,-,■/ . Commodes, Mobs, and Pinners 537 in the sixteenth century was aUied 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…
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