Ladies of rank of the 15th and 16th centuries and their headdresses satirized. Queen on throne with ladies in waiting, from the Romance of Jean de Saintre, Cotton Nero D IX , kneeling women from Jean Mielot's Benvenuto da Imola, Romuleon, Royal MS 19 E V, and satirical image of sow on stilts with harp wearing a hennin from Jean Froissart's Chronicles, Harley MS 4379. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

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