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Record 1 1987-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
CONT

Pendentifs, ornements de coiffure, broches constituent les trois principaux éléments de cette parure (de la Renaissance)

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.

OBS

Agrément de tête : terme du XVIIIe siècle; un bijou en argent fabriqué par les orfèvres-colons à Québec, qui était destiné aux Indiens.

Spanish

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