Byzantine headdress

Common Byzantine women hairstyles/ headdresses. You can see the trend of pulled back hair topped with an bejeweled headdress.

We often think of feminism of something that started with the 19th century suffragette movements. This article, however, shows that ancient empress Theodora of Byzanthium was one of the precursors of modern-day feminism.

early 19th c.Headdress Russian The Met. glass,metal,cotton,mother-of-pearl.This object is from the collection of Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905),a Russian noblewoman compelled to preserve what she perceived as the vanishing folk art traditions of her native country.Those from the North were embellished with the river pearls that were plentiful in that area while goose down and woolen embroideries were more popular in the South.

“Illustrative Guide for Byzantine hairstyle & Headdress from R. Turner Wilcox "The Mode in Hats & Headdress- A historical survey"-1959”

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Наряд русской боярышни