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fontange

high headdress, or hairstyle worn with this headdress
Class type of: headdress, female headgear Q1435851
fontange
Francesco Solimena · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
hairstyle
Subclass of
headdress, female headgear
Described by source
The Dictionary of Fashion History, The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[9][10]
End time
1710[8]
Has part(s) of the class
lappet[11]
Made from material
lace, ribbon[5][6]
Named after
Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges[4]
Significant event
golden age
Start time
1690[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en commode en fontange en frelange en top-knot da Fontangen ja コワフュール・ア・ラ・フォンタンジュ ja フォンタンジュ nl Fontangekapsel ru Фонтанж sv fontang zh 芳坦鸠
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300210735
BabelNet ID
00839841n
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1o6SCW
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
116855
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/fontange, topic/commode-headwear
Freebase ID
/m/03qkynf
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
fontange
Iconclass notation
41D221(FONTANGE)
Lex ID
fontange
NE.se ID
fontang
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
1264

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Made from material 2
lace, ribbon
Instance of 1
hairstyle
Named after 1
Marie Angélique de Scorailles, Duchess of Fontanges
Significant event 1
golden age
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Summary

fontange is a hairstyle[1]. fontange is a type of headdress[2] and female headgear[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . The Dictionary of Fashion History. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . The Dictionary of Fashion History. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1o6SCW
    Instance of → hairstyle
    Start time → 1690
    Made from material → lace, ribbon
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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