2-497-491 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lady's headdress, 14th century, (1910). Fashion from the reign of Richard II (1377-1399). The reticulated and richly-jewelled headdress is worn with a cote-hardi of purple silk, a super cote-hardi of fur-lined embossed velvet, and a green velvet cloak, edged with ermine and fastened by a morse across the chest. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).