STEEPLE HEADDRESS C15TH
A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England
Picture No
10141789
Media ID
47336143
Size
3162px x 5470px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration in "Dress and Habits of the People of England vol.II", by J Strutt, p.258 plate CXXII
Date
late 15th century
