Detail View: Historic Hats and Headdresses: Plate XII: Early Western Europe cap, coiffure

File Name: 
cosv1n12.tif
Collection Name: 
Clifford P. Westermeier Portfolio of Illustrations of Historical Hats and Headdresses
Work Type: 
watercolors (paintings)
Work Title: 
Plate XII: Early Western Europe cap, coiffure
Work Agent Name: 
Westermeier, Clifford P. (Clifford Peter), 1910-1986
Work Agent Role: 
Illustrator
Work Date: 
1938
Work Date Type: 
publication
Subject Term: 
hairstyles
Subject Term: 
caps (headgear)
Subject Term: 
hair ornaments
Subject Term: 
sashes (costume accessories)
Subject Term: 
jewelry
Subject Term: 
neckpieces
Subject Term: 
felt (textile)
Subject Term: 
pelts (animal skins)
Subject Term: 
steeple crowns
Location Name: 
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Work Measurements: 
29.2 cm (L) x 21.6 cm (W)
Material: 
watercolor (paint)
Technique: 
painting (image-making)
Style Period: 
Early Christian
Cultural Context: 
Western European
Work Description: 
a. A headdress of the type during the Bronze Age, consisting of a cap of fur or coarse felt. The hair was unkept and falling to the shoulders. b. Coiffure---early Christian; hair cut from the back of the head, the remainder was tied up in a tuft on the top, plaited or pinned up with wood, bone, or bronze ornaments. c. Coiffure---3rd and 4th centuries. It changed from a rugged mass of hair and became well combed and trimmed square across the neck.
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Image Work Type: 
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Image Work Type: 
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Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/ct0j6k08j01h