Identifier: costumefancifulh00ariauoft (find matches)
Title: Costume: fanciful, historical, and theatrical
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Aria, Eliza (Davis) 1866-
Subjects: Costume
Publisher: London Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ose-fitting cap wasembroidered in gold. Elizabeth of Woodville is represented on theprevious page in a close, slightly-pointed coif madeof a trellis of ribbon and jewelled above the capof black, the filmy white veil hanging over thesewith much grace ; and the bodice of her velvetdress, which is cut round to show a fine linenchemisette, bears collar and cuffs of embroidery. The hennin reached its height of popularity inevery sense of the word in the reign of Edward V.Briefly it may be described as a lawn kerchiefstiffened with canes or wires, these kerchiefs beingplain or diapered with gold, the frame projectingoutward from the back of the head, and beneathit the hair is gathered up into a caul of gold orembroidery. The original hennin was a tallfunnel-shaped tube in brocade worked in beads andfixed firmly on the head, and from the top floateda fine veil. The little hennin was a short head-dress covered by a veil which fell over the shoulders.The hennins—and you can see many examples
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VARIETIKS (IF IHE HI-.NNIN. V IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 41 decorating the coloured page—were large or small,plain or decorated, as the individual fancy mightdictate, and their adoption was common alike toEngland and to France, where they afforded acomplete change from their predecessors, the smallheguins or hoods, and shared favour with the two-horned head-dresses, w^th horns about a yard high.The linen for the hennin was stiff, to help the fine

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