*FONTANGE: 1690 By the seventeenth century, the Stuart era provided the headwear accessory of the day, called the “Fontange,” or, in English, “angel fountain.” The arrangement of yards of fine lace, by folding or pleating, and pinning together to the hairstyle, leaving two hanging “lappets” of lace behind, was a popular style said to be created by a mistress of Louis XIV, Mlle. Fontanges (De Courtais, 72). By the end of Queen Anne’s reign in 1714, the style had been replaced. It’s interesting to note here, that in this era, “The term fascinator first surfaced in the fashion world... Back then, it referred to a lacy scarf women wrapped around their heads (or "fastened," hence the name),” (Debczak). This recreation has been made with many yards of antique Scottish lace set on delicate, nearly transparent silk/linen blend fabric.