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Tour De Tete

Tour De Tete

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tour de tête, French for frontlet. A forehead ornament in the form of a broad band worn in the 19th century on the upper part of a woman's foreheadand over the hair. Such bands were decorated with pearls, gemstones or cameos, or sometimes made of pinchbeck and decorated with paste.

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tour de tête, French for frontlet. A forehead ornament in the form of a broad band worn in the 19th century on the upper part of a woman's foreheadand over the hair. Such bands were decorated with pearls, gemstones or cameos, or sometimes made of pinchbeck and decorated with paste.

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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson