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Lord Clare met the party with a toothsome smile, in all the bravery of tightly-fitting silk upon his dapper limbs, his rustling robes stiffened with gold lace, his lappeted wig powdered with perfumed flour.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

Fig. 20 is a combination of the head-dress of Fig. 7 with the lappeted hood of Fig. 8.

From Dress as a Fine Art With Suggestions on Children's Dress by Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia