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Record 1 1998-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

... indoor cap with puffed crown, the pleated border exposing forehead, but wrapping cheeks and continued beneath chin.

CONT

In the last decades of the 18th century, the dormeuse, a mob cap from France, becomes all the rage. It is very large and elaborately trimmed with layers of lace and ruching. Like all caps at this time, it consists of a crown or 'bag', a frill or 'wing', and lappets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
  • Chapellerie
DEF

[...] grand bonnet porté aux environs de 1780, soit par des dames agées en costume de ville, soit comme partie du costume d'intérieur ou négligé.

CONT

Les bonnets appelés dormeuses, aussi volumineux que les perruques, étaient ornés de rubans et de ruches.

Spanish

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