Head Dresses – Winter 1872

Busts of five women are portrayed, illustrating various hairstyles for 1872. The women all have their hair done up in braids or curls or both, with ringlets dangling at the back, and short frizzed bangs. All five are wearing pendant gold earrings of various styles. The woman on the top left wears her hair up in big curls. She wears gold pendant earrings and a gold chain necklace, with an oval gold pendant. Her dress is blue, with a square neck, edged with scalloped white lace.

The woman on the top right wears her hair up in big curls, decorated with a black satin bow and a white plume. She wears gold pendant earrings and a two strand gold necklace with an oval pendant, possibly a locket or cameo. Her dress has a ruffled white lace collar, and a gold brooch with four pendants pinned to it. The woman in the center wears her hair in tight curls, decorated with a white plume and three pink flowers. She wears gold pendant earrings and a gold necklace with a pendant, possibly a locket or cameo The woman at the bottom left wears her hair in big curls, with a coronet of braided hair at the front.

She wears gold pendant earrings and a gold chain necklace with a pendant cross. Her dress is pink with a square neck, edged with a white lace ruffle. A pink double bow ornaments the center front of the neck. The woman at the bottom right wears her hair in a twist, decorated with two pink flowers. She wears gold double hoop earrings. She wears a gray suit, with burgundy lapels, over a white blouse with the neck edged with a narrow white lace ruffle.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges