HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 21:50:08 JST

@g0xmkamovz

#History #Rome #Fashion
I don't think that it is a napkin.
The artist portrays a restaurant scene in 19th century Rome.1)
Throughout history, men have obliged in particular married women to cover their hair for "decency reasons."
IdK about female fashion in that period, but already in antiquity, they had a similar fashion.2)

"Carl Bloch, From a Roman osteria [Restaurant], 1866, KMS4087, Statens Museum for Kunst"
1)
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Bloch,_Fra_et_romersk_osteria,_1866,_KMS4087,_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg
2)
https://fashion-era.com/ancient-costume/romans-women-clothing

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