toque

A close-fitting turban-like hat without a brim, worn with both day and evening wear. Became fashionable in late 1816 and beyond.

The print shown is a detail of "Walking Dress" from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, June 1818: "Head-dress, a pea-green satin toque, ornamented with flowers."

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