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HEAD-ORNAMENT [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1987-08-20
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Jewellery
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- head-ornament
1, record 1, English, head%2Dornament
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At the beginning of the sixteenth century women had worn a simple chaplet of pearls or precious stones in their hair ... Other head-ornaments were jewelled hat-pins and aigrettes. 1, record 1, English, - head%2Dornament
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Joaillerie et bijouterie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ornement de coiffure
1, record 1, French, ornement%20de%20coiffure
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- ornement de tête 2, record 1, French, ornement%20de%20t%C3%AAte
correct, masculine noun
- ornement de chevelure 2, record 1, French, ornement%20de%20chevelure
correct, masculine noun
- agrément de tête 3, record 1, French, agr%C3%A9ment%20de%20t%C3%AAte
see observation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Pendentifs, ornements de coiffure, broches constituent les trois principaux éléments de cette parure (de la Renaissance) 1, record 1, French, - ornement%20de%20coiffure
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les ornements de tête sont portés par les rois, les reines, les princes, les princesses, les femmes en tenue de soirée, les dignitaires civils, militaires et religieux, ainsi que par certains mages et sorciers. 2, record 1, French, - ornement%20de%20coiffure
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Agrément de tête : terme du XVIIIe siècle; un bijou en argent fabriqué par les orfèvres-colons à Québec, qui était destiné aux Indiens. 3, record 1, French, - ornement%20de%20coiffure
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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