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ǁ Fontange. World English Historical Dictionary

ǁ Fontange. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022. ǁ Fontange Also 7 fountange. [Fr. fontange, f. Fontanges the territorial title of a mistress of Louis XIV.] A tall head-dress worn in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

1 1689.  Shadwell, Bury F., II. Milliner. What d’ye lack, Ladies? fine Mazarine Hoods, Fontanges, Girdles, Sable-Tippets, choice of fine Gloves and Ribbands.

2 1711.  Addison, Spect., No. 98, 22 June, ¶ 1. Monsieur Paradin says, ‘That these old fashioned Fontanges rose an Ell above the Head; that they were pointed like Steeples, and had long loose Pieces of Crape fastened to the Tops of them, which were curiously fringed and hung down their Backs like Streamers.’

3 1883.  F. G. Stephens, Catal. Prints Brit. Mus., IV. 282. Likewise behind, is an ugly old one-eyed woman in a fontange, her lean bust much exposed, holding a mirror and a fan.

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