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26 Cards in this Set
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Spanish Farthingale |
the use of bone to support a woman's skirt in a cone shape |
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Bonnet |
term for hat, specific to men |
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Coif |
women's hat of the period |
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Gable Headdress |
English woman's headdress, pointed shape resembles the gable of a house |
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Crescent-Shaped Headdress |
exactly what it looks like |
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French Hood |
crescent shaped hat with veil or net for hair |
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Pomander |
a ball made of perfumes |
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Hat Badge |
very decorated brims of hats |
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Partlet |
a small yoke piece to cover the low, square necklines |
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Corset |
a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips, worn to shape the figure |
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Codpiece |
a pouch, especially a conspicuous and decorative one, attached to a man's breeches or close-fitting hose to cover the genitals |
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Trunk Hose |
Short ballooning breeches, extending from the waist to mid-thigh, worn by men |
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Breeches |
pants of the time, look like long shorts |
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Nether socks |
another name for trunk hose |
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Stomacher |
a decorated triangular panel that fills in the front opening of a woman's gown or bodice; may be boned, as part of a corset, or may cover the triangular front of a corset |
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Medici Collar |
provided a large, decorative frame around the sides and back of a woman's head; typically worn with a gown with a décolleté neckline, a low neckline that revealed a woman's cleavage; supported by wire or heavy starch, these collars of lace, embroidered satin, or some other light material |
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Duck-billed Shoes |
very wide, square-toed, slipper-like shoes, without heals worn by men and women |
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Order (chain) |
big decorative chain necklace |
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Busk |
strip of whale bone to stiffen corset |
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Doublet |
close-fitting with tight sleeves, but acquired long skirts and elaborate surface decoration such as pinks (patterns of small cuts in the fabric), slashes, embroidery, and applied braid |
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Jerkin |
a man's close-fitting jacket, typically made of leather |
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Bases |
a decorated kilt |
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Ruff |
a projecting starched frill worn around the neck |
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Buckram |
a stiff cloth, made of cotton, and still occasionally linen, which is used to stiffen clothes |
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Chamarre |
a wide shouldered overcoat with wide lapels and puffed sleeves. Shown in red here |
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Peascod Belly |
a type of exaggeratedly padded stomach that was very popular in men's dress |
