faience
Faience is a man-made ceramic material that was often used in ancient Egypt to make jewelry and devotional objects. It is usually a blue color.
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falling band
A flat and broad white collar often with lace on the edges, worn by men and women in the 17th century.
frogging
Ornamental braid or cording that can function as a garment closure, or be solely decorative.
Spanish farthingale
A skirt made with a series of hoops that widened toward the feet to create a triangular or conical silhouette, created in the late fifteenth century.
fontange
A linen cap with layers of lace and ribbon, worn flat and pinned to the back of the head.
frock coat
The frock coat is a collared man’s coat worn through the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It rose to prominence mainly in the nineteenth century, especially Victorian England. It is characterized as a knee-length overcoat, buttoned down to the waist, that drapes over the lower half of the body like a skirt.
French hood
A rounded headdress for women that was popular in the 16th century (from 1540).
fibula
The fibula, which was popular in Greek culture, served as a pin to both hold garments together and to show status of those with prestige or power within society.
fichu
A triangular shawl, usually worn by women, draped over the shoulders and crossed or fastened in the front.
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