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fontange
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Also known as frelange, top-knot, commode

thumb|upright| Queen Mary II of England wearing fontanges and a frelange, 1688 (mezzotint made 1690s)

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Vinony's link graph records 672 inbound references to fontange, and connects out to hair, hairstyle and knit cap.

Vinony files it under 17th-century fashion, 18th-century fashion and Hairstyles.

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Instance of
hairstyle
Material used
ribbon
Image
Portrait of Aurora Sanseverino.png
Significant event
golden age
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Commons category
Fontanges
start time
1690-00-00
end time
1710-00-00
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “fontange” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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