Chaperon (headgear)
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chaperon-headgear-172-9969872
title:
Chaperon (headgear)
text:
A chaperon was a form of hood or, later, a highly versatile hat worn by men and women in all parts of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. Initially a utilitarian garment, it first grew a long partly decorative tail behind, and then developed into a complex, versatile and expensive item of headgear after what was originally the vertical opening for the face began to be used as a horizontal opening for the head. The chaperon was especially fashionable in mid-15th century Burgundy, before gradually
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of head cover
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperon_(headgear)
date created:
2006-06-03T00:36:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T19:41:55Z
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