" About this
period in cold weather men wore muffs as well as wigs. A ballad,
describing the frost fair on the Thames in the winter of 1683-84,
mentions amongst those present:--
"A spark of the Bar with his cane and his muff."
[Illustration: Campaign Wig.]
Down to the middle of the eighteenth century wigs continued to increase
in size. It will not now be without interest to direct attention to a
few of the many styles of wigs. Randle Holme, in his "Academy of
Armory," published in 1684, has some interesting illustrations, and we
will draw upon him for a couple of pictures. Our first example is called
the campaign-wig. He says it "hath knobs or bobs, or dildo, on each
side, with a curled forehead." This is not so cumbrous as a periwig we
have noticed. Another example from Holme is a smaller style of periwig
with tail, and from this wig doubtless originated the familiar pig-tail.
It was of various forms, and Swift says:--
"We who wear our wigs
With fantail and with snake."
[Illustration: Periwig with Tail.
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