Title | Perriwigge |
Origtitle | Plate 32 |
Source | 1590 ECU Harriot/DeBry copy |
Date | 1590 |
Creator | Theodor DeBry |
Type | Engravings |
Origin | Scans from 1590 ECU Harriot/DeBry copy |
The OED defines "periwig" as follows: "Any stylized wig of a kind formerly worn by men and women, and (esp. in Britain and parts of the British Commonwealth) retained by judges and barristers as part of their professional dress. More generally: a wig of any kind."