Regency headwear

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"The Venetian Bonnet, made of straw and trimmed with straw flowers, the strings fastened with a bow behind and tied loose on the bosom ..."

Headdresses and hairstyles The pictures trace the changes in evening headdresses, from the modest turbans of the early Regency, through the penchant for veils and onto tall feather headdresses and the return of turbans, higher than before. The hairstyles move from neat, high twists with ringlets a

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Fashion Plate, 'Head Dresses', Unknown, England, London, 1809, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

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Regency Era Ladies Headwear - June 1809 Ackerman's Repository Fashionable Head-Dresses No 1 - Wimple, or hood of transparent gauze bordered with silver. No 2 - Silver net dress cap lined with purple silk; silver cord and tassels. No 3 - Yellow silk walking-bonnet, with straw flower. No 4 - Promenade head-dress of lilac silk, with short lace veil. No 5 - Dress hat of cerulean blue, bound with pearls and trimmed with silver; white feathers tipped with blue.