Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance period (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 626
COSTCMES. 53+ felt, or of otter or goat's skin, or of wool or cotton. The expression chapcau de flours (hat of flowers), which continually occurs in ancient works, did not mean any form of hat, but singly a coronet of forget-me-nots or roses, which was an indispensable part of dress for balls or… … Fig. 420.— Costumes of a rich Bourgeoise, of a Peasant-woman, and of a Lady of the Nobility, of the Fourteenth Century.— From various painted Windows in the Churches of Moulins (Bourbonnais). down to the reign of Philippe de Valois (1317). Frontlets (fronteaux), a species of fillet made of silk,…
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