America, H: Spain Costume Details

Excerpt from Spain Costume Details: Women's Coiffure, Ten Illustrations From Photographs in the Collections of the Hispanic Society of America

The hair is dressed as follows: the front and the back hair are separated by a parting from ear to ear; the front hair is coiled intoa knot on the brow and pinned temporarily; the back hair is tied with a cord, separated into strands, and dampened; the strands, sometimes numbering as many as thirty-two, are braided into a wide, flat-plait; the end of the plait is fastened to the top of the plait; the looped plait is laid over the back of the head and tied through the middle; the front hair is unpinned and parted through the middle; a small round mat of false hair is pinned on either side just above the ear; the front hair is wound around this mat and fastened in place; the whole coil of hair, false and real, is covered with another mat of false hair, crimped in short waves; silver hairpins with knobs of filigree are placed around the edge of the mat. A bow of black velvet is sometimes worn over the cord at the centre of the chignon.

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