Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical (1906)
Aria, Mrs. (Eliza Davis), 1866-1931 · London, New York, Macmillan and co.; · leaf 67
overing, as in the picture. This must have been most attractive : so too would be a lawn head-dress which set outwards and upon a frame at the back, whence it hung straight across to form a most becoming back¬ ground. The origin of this was German, and its accomplishment was a little complicated,… … whose hair was entwined A HEAD DRAPERY HELD WITH PLAITED HAIR- with black ribbon, and whose dress was of white embroidered in silver, with small sleeves of red and white check bordered with gold.
Costume -- History
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