Le Costume Historique: Men's wigs and hairstyles

Published/Created:
1888
Date Depicted:
1975
1850 AD - 1899 AD
Notes:
The peruke in a variety of styles. Common features are the center part, fullness, and long curls. If one is fortunate to have a full head of hair, perukes are unnecessary.
Abstract:
Faces tend to be clean shaven. Sometimes there are pencil-thin mustaches and small beards. Heads are shaved to accommodate the new peruke, or periwig. Wide, full and curly, it is natural colored, parted in the center and shoulder length. Hats are everywhere. By the manner in which they are used, by their shape, size and color, they are clear indicators of social class. The most common hat, based on a cardinal's hat, has a wide brim and low crown. Usually it is made of felt or beaver. For private times indoors the shaved head is covered with a turban, a tasseled stocking hat, or a coif. The collar is wide and flat. It has a box pleat under the chin and is narrow at the shoulders. Around 1680 the collar is replaced by the neckcloth, a long rectangle which is folded and wrapped around the neck, where it is held in place by a ribbon, the ends hanging free. The Steinkirk cravat, a twisted version of the neck-cloth, appears in 1692. Originally the horseback rider ties the cravat so it can be quickly released and used to bind the leg of a fallen horse. Sometimes a large ribbon bow is under the cravat.
Associated Names:
Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893 [Artist]
Topics:
Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC)
Prints -- France -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Louis XIV style
Culture:
French
Accession Number:
4391-052
Genre:
costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
prints: engravings (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
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Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
Source Title:
History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 4
Source Created:
New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1975
Call Number:
GT513 +B87 4 (LC)
Orbis Barcode:
39002051938463
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
New Haven, CT: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
OID:
10608608
PID:
digcoll:1792134