#ferroniere

More pre-Victorian 1830s (from top to bottom) -

ca. 1830 Evening or wedding dress (location ?). From tumblr.com/andrayblue 1080X1350.

1831 Marquise Chasseloup-Laubat (probably Marie Augustine Antoinette Le Boucher des Fontaines) by Joseph-Désiré Court (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen - Rouen, Normandie, France). From their Web site' enlarged by half 845X1181.

1830-1832 María Cristina de Borbón, Queen of Spain by José de Madrazo y Aguado (Prado). From their Web site 1280X1745.

1832 Marie Franziska von Freytag by ? (Salzburg Museum  - Salzburg, Salzburgland, Austria). From tumblr.com/history-of-fashion 766X963.

1832 Amalie Klein by Friedrich von Amerling (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere - Wien, Austria). From tumblr.com/history-of-fashion; fixed spots & cracks throughout w Pshop 2893X3508.

1835 Illustration from La Mode by Paul Gavarni. From tumblr.com/clove-pinks 1650X2048.

1836 Marriage Portrait of Charlotte de Rothschild by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (Israel Museum - Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel). From Google Art Project.

A ferronnière [fɛʁ.ɔn.jɛʁ] is a style of headband that encircles the wearer's forehead, usually with a small jewel suspended in the centre. The original form of the headband was worn in late fifteenth-century Italy, and was rechristened a ferronnière at the time of its revival in the second quarter of the nineteenth century for both day and (more frequently) formal and evening wear.

The original ornament that later became called a ferronnière was popular in 15th-century Italy, where it could be made from metal or jewels.

The nineteenth-century ferronnière was worn from the late 1820s to the early 1840s, when it was considered to enhance a high forehead, and by the 1850s, it had fallen out of fashion. One contemporary source from 1831 describes the ferronnière as "a small plait of hair, adorned in the centre of the forehead by a large brilliant, from which depends another brilliant of the pear shape." It has been described as one of the most widely worn examples of historicism in early Victorian fashion, worn as a tribute to the Renaissance alongside beaded belts called cordelières inspired by medieval clothing and hairstyles named after historic women such as Agnès Sorel and Blanche of Castile. The ferronnière could be worn for either day or evening. Alternative terms for similar ornaments were the bandelette and the tour de tête.

The term “ferronnière“ originates in 1831, and is believed to come from a 1490s portrait attributed to the school of Leonardo da Vinci, erroniously called the La belle ferronnière since the 18th century.  “Ferronnière” is the feminine form of the word for “ironmonger” (in this case, referring to the wife of an ironmonger.

Michele Tosini called Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

Some more 1820s dresses -

Top left  1824 Front of court dress (Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti - Firenze, Toscana, Italy). From tumblr.com/lenkaastrelenkaa 1280X1902 @72 216kj.

Top right  1824 Back of court dress (Galleria del Costume di Palazzo Pitti - Firenze, Toscana, Italy). From tumblr.com/lenkaastrelenkaa 1280X1902 @72 215kj.

Second row left  Delfina Potocka by ?. From Wikimedia; expanded to fit screen 1007X1300 @96 176kj.

Second row right  ca. 1826 Princess Auguste of Liegnitz by F. Krüger (Fichter Kunsthandel - 10Dec22 auction Lot ???). From invaluable.com;fixed worst foxing w Pshop 2701X3512 @150 4.9Mj.

1820s dresses (from top to bottom) -

1822 Hannah More (holding her spectacles in a case) by Henry William Pickersgill (National Portrait Gallery - London, UK). From georgianera.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/what-a-spectacle/; enlarged by half 897X1200 @72 232kj.

1822 Klementyna, Countess Ostrowska, née Sanguszko by Vincenzo Camuccini (Kunstgewerbemuseum - Berlin, Germany) painted in Italy. From Wikimedia 2896X4229 @349 2.7Mj.

ca. 1825 Mary Margaret Stanley, later Mary Margaret Egerton, Countess of Wilton by Sir Thomas Lawrence (location ?). From tumblr.com/catherinedefrance 1280X1641 @72 510kj.

1823-1824 Young Lady by ? (Hermitage). From tumblr.com/history-of-fashion/698439357721444352/1823-1824-anonymous-artist-portrait-of-a-young 1311X1747 @72 540kj.

1500s fashions from early to about mid-century (top to bottom):

ca. 1500 Lady in a red dress by Bernardino Zaganelli da Cotignola (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 1606X2160 @300 1.7Mj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

Woman by Paris Bordone (Sotheby's - 20May21 auction Lot 10) 1646X2000 @300 883kj.

1534 Young woman with a parrot by Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Liechtenstein Collection - probably in Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

ca. 1560 Elisabeth de Valois by the workshop of Anthonis Mor (Liechtenstein Collection - probably Wien, Austria). From www.liechtensteincollections.at 1593X2160 @300 1.5Mj. © LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.

Liechtenstein Princesses - 

Top  :Franziska Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, Princess of Liechtenstein by Josef Karl Stieler (Liechtenstein Collections - probably Wien, Austria). From tumblr.com/blog/view/oldtimeroyals; removed cracks & bigger spots w P'shop 1551X1974 @72 1.5Mj.