Wedding dress of a woman of Nuremberg, 1577.

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Wedding dress of a woman of Nuremberg, 1577. Her headdress resembles a tower, and is made of beaten gold decorated with pearls and jewels. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Vienna, 1811. Illustration based on Thomas Jefferys’ ”A Collection of Dresses of Different Nations, Antient and Modern. After the Designs of Holbein, Van Dyke, Hollar, and others,” London, 1757.

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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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