EditorialElegantia, or magazine of fashion, luxury and taste for ladies, December 1807, no. 29: 1. Cache foil vu sous trois aspects .., Thirteen different headwear, numbered one to six. According to the accompanying text (p. 392): 'Thirteen distinguish complete...
EditorialThe Meeting of the Magi The Meeting of the Magi, Fragment from the Marian Altar of the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady in Den Bosch, In a hilly landscape the Three Kings meet, recognizable by the crowns for their headwear, each other. They ...
EditorialBarbara, in a blue dress with her hair flowing from her ornate headwear, sits reading, holding a palm in her right hand, with a tower in background. A scatter border of flowers, peacocks and other birds and animals. Book of Hours, Use of Sarum. Netherl...
EditorialCanoes of Oonalashka. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by William Angus. Two drawings of canoeists off the Alaskan coast. The two figures in the top canoe come from Prince William Sound and are wearing the cone-shaped headwear. The canoeist below is a...
Editorial'Suggestions for pretty things in Spring head-dresses.' Illustration showing women wearing unusual headwear. The Extract of Fun With illustrations. London, 1886. Source: 12315.h.48, p. 119 detail.