fontange
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thumb|upright| Queen Mary II of England wearing fontanges and a frelange, 1688 (mezzotint made 1690s)
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thumb|upright| Queen Mary II of England wearing fontanges and a frelange, 1688 (mezzotint made 1690s)
A fontange, or frelange, is a high headdress popular during the turn of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe.
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