Visard
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title:
Visard
text:
A visard, also known as a vizard, is an oval mask of black velvet which was worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their skin from sunburn. The fashion of the period for wealthy women was to keep their skin pale, because a tan suggested that the bearer worked outside and was hence poor. Some types of vizard were not held in place by a fastening or ribbon ties, and instead the wearer clasped a bead attached to the interior of the mask between their teeth. The practice did
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
16th century European mask for women
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visard
date created:
2006-05-04T05:19:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:46:07Z
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