visard
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in 1581. . A visard, also known as a vizard, is an oval mask of black velvet which was worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their skin from sunburn, as a tan suggested that the bearer worked outside and was hence poor. Performers in court masques also disguised themselves with masks called visards, recorded in England as early as 1377. Visards were either held in place by a fastening or ribbon tie, or the wearer clasped a bead attached to the interior of the mask between their teeth. The practice did not meet universal approval, as evidenced in this excerpt from a contemporary polemic: A visard recovered from inside the wall of a 16th-century building in Daventry, England. In Venice, the visard developed into a design without a mouth hole, the moretta, and was gripped with a button between the teeth rather than a bead. The mask's prevention of speech was deliberate, intended to heighten the mystery of a masked woman.
in 1581. . A visard, also known as a vizard, is an oval mask of black velvet which was worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their skin from sunburn, as a tan suggested that the bearer worked outside and was hence poor. Performers in court masques also disguised themselves with masks called visards, recorded in England as early as 1377. Visards were either held in place by a fastening or ribbon tie, or the wearer clasped a bead attached to the interior of the mask between their teeth. The practice did not meet universal approval, as evidenced in this excerpt from a contemporary polemic: A visard recovered from inside the wall of a 16th-century building in Daventry, England. In Venice, the visard developed into a design without a mouth hole, the moretta, and was gripped with a button between the teeth rather than a bead. The mask's prevention of speech was deliberate, intended to heighten the mystery of a masked woman.
See also
1550–1600 in Western European fashion Facekini
External links
Details of a visard in the collection of the Norwich Castle Museum A miniature visard made for a 17th-century child's doll in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum Anne Daye, "Masquing vizards", Masks, Masques and Masquerades: A Living Tradition (Early Dance Circle, 2006), pp. 19–22 __NOTOC__
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