headwear

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dress and adornment

  • Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
    In dress: Ancient Egypt

    …in a way acting as hats. Semicircular kerchiefs, tied by the corners at the nape of the neck under the hair, were sometimes worn to protect the wig on a dusty day. Wigs were dressed in many different ways, each characteristic of a given period; generally speaking, the hair became…

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