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There was also the "balloon" or turban. This, like the heart-shaped head-dress, commenced with a flat pad, like a cake, which in its earlier stage was invariably richly ornamented, offering no particular variety in its form; when it became round, it developed a second roll around the forehead, with bands at intervals, which formed its constructive elements.

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Chats on Costume, by G. Woolliscroft Rhead Published 1906

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• The Middle Ages / Life in the Middle ages / Clothing

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