Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/2006 19:15 >>> wrote:
>The reference you are thinking of comes from chapter 10 of 'Frederica' by 
>Georgette Heyer.
[snip]
>"... and the little Alexandrian cap with which, deaf to Charis's protests, she 
>completed her elegant toilette,
>clearly demonstrated that she was to be ranked amongst the dowagers.'  

>I must say, I never got the impression that an Alexandrian cap was anything 
>like a Phrygian cap.

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No, I can't imagine a Phrygian cap being something that a dowager would wear. 
Surely the association with the French Revolution would make it something that 
only a daring, trendy person would have?


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