Woman of Caux in tall bonnet with long lace tails fixed with a large pin. Almost all the women of Caux wear hairpiece chignon; and their bonnets are embroidered with gold or silver. Hand-colored fashion plate illustration by Benoit Pecheux engraved by Gatine from Louis-Marie Lante's Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux; 1827/1885. With their tall Alsation lace hats; the women of Caux and Normandy were famous for the elegance and style.