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Eighteenth-Century Extravagant Headgear
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  • 1. Light ornamental headpiece often worn at 18th-century fêtes
  • 2. Extremely rare metal sometimes used to thread haute couture hats
  • 3. A circlet or garland hat decoration often woven with flowers or pearls
  • 5. Humorous 18th-century nickname for tall, conical powdered wigs resembling tents
  • 7. Ornamental oval often adorning powdered wigs, simulating hat badges
  • 9. Three-cornered hats symbolic of naval and revolutionary attire
  • 14. Elaborately embellished or intricately designed millinery craftsmanship
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  • 4. French for hat, sometimes referring to wide-brimmed noble headwear
  • 6. Two-cornered military hat, favored by Napoleonic officers
  • 8. A diminutive, stylized bonnet mimicking Eastern-inspired turbans
  • 10. Ribbon rosette signifying allegiance, commonly pinned to tricorns
  • 11. Rare term for a tall, cylindric hat reminiscent of a goose's neck
  • 12. Decorated with ornamental braiding often found on elaborate hats
  • 13. Describes the wide silhouette hats matching the dress structure’s width
  • 15. Obsolete term for tiered ornamental headwear reminiscent of ecclesiastical fans

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