Chapter 18, Item 118a
Periwig types
Sorts of Perawicks.
A Border of Hair, is only Locks to cover the Ears and Neck, and is fixed to a Cap, having no head of hair, chap.17. numb.2.
A Short Bobb, a Head of Hair, is a Wig that hath short Locks, and a hairy Crown, see chap.17. numb.1.
A Long Perawick with Side Hair, and a Pole Lock behind, which some term a Wig with a Suffloplin or with a Dildo, numb.117.
A Campaign Wig, hath Knots or Bobs (or a Dildo on each side) with a Curled Forehead, as numb.118. a Travelling Wig.
A Grafted Wig, is a Perawick with a turn on the top of the head, in imitation of a Mans hairy Crown.
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Chapter 18, Item 118b
Curling hair
Terms for several ways of Curling Hair.
A Curled Hair, is when a Lock of hair turns round and round in it self.
A Crisped Hair, is when it lyeth in a kind of Wave.
A Frise or Frisled Hair, is when the hair is full of small Crispings, and when one hair will not sort, or fall into order with another, but stand bunching out; yet some are more flying , others more close.
A Curle and Frise, is when the hair is neither Curle nor Frise, but both, or between both.
A Snake Curle, is when the Locks turn round many times, and hang down, as the Dildo, or Pole lock doth.
A Drake, or Drake Tail Curl, when the ends of the hair only turn up, and all the rest hangs smooth.
An Open Curle, is when it turns round and wide in all the ends.
A High Curle, is between both, and so keeps Curl.
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Chapter 18, Item 118c
Periwig parts
Parts of a Perawick.
The Bottom Locks, are the side locks that hang down on the shoulders and back.
The side Locks, are those as cover and keep warm the ears and neck, being a degree shorter than the for mer.
The Crown, is that hair as compasseth about, to make the turn of the crown of the head.
The Foretop, is that as makes the forepart of the head.
The Full Front, is the frisled and curled hair of the topping or forehead, the Brow hair.
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Chapter 18, Item 118d
Periwig makers terms
Terms of Art used by Perawick makers.
A Thought of Hair, called also a Latch, a Catch, a Draft of hair, is a few hairs drown out of the knot, or bunch, or lock of hair tyed up, which is woven in the Silk.
A Waft of hair, is one of the foresaid Drafts Woven.
A Round of hair, is a length of Woven hair.
A Thread Waft, is when the hair is Woven with a single Silk Thread.
A two Thread Waft, when Woven with two Silk Threads.
A three Thread Waft, when Woven with three Silks.
A four Thread Waft, when Woven with four Silk Threads, which kind of Rounds are usually Woven to make up the crown.
Six Thread Waft, is when six Threads are used, which Weaving is beaten close with a Perawick makers Thimble.
Grafting of hair, is to make a Wigg with a Crown.
String the Frame, is to order the Silk threads in the Frame, to Weave withal.
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Chapter 18, Item 118e
Periwig makers equipment
Instruments used by Perawick Makers.
A Frame, or a Perawick Makers Frame.
A Grafting Frame, is a Frame where is used both Warp and Woof.
A Finishing Block, is a Wooden head set on a Stand, on which the rounds of hair are sowed on the Cawl.
A Silk Cawl, is a Nett Cap on which the hair is sewed, it is so ordered that it may be drawn open or closer to fit any head.
A Perawick Thimble for Weaving.
Measures, are lengths of Paper of Parchment, with Figures on, by which the hair is Woven in the rounds, according as it is to fall in the Wig, whether long or short.
Needles, Ribbon, Silk Thread, things necessary to the making up of a Perawick.
A Curling Stick, to turn and curl the hair in its opening after the Wig is made.
A Comb, for Perawicks, being wide toothed.
A Drawing Comb, a Wooden Board set full of Wyer Pins, like a Flax --- to draw hair through, to make it lie even and smooth.
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Chapter 18, Item 118f
Hair dressing women
The several ways Women wear Hair about their Faces.
In Locks, when the hair lyeth on each side the Cheeks.
In Curles, when the hair swells or puffeth out from the Cheeks.
In falls or flats, when the hair hangs loose down about the shoulders, having nothing to tie it up.
In shades, when it lieth plain and streight on each side the forehead.
In cross shades, when it lieth cross the Forehead, with a Silk Thread in the middle of it.
In a short Fillet or Curl, when it lieth so all the breadth of the forehead from one side to the other.
In a Topping or fore-lock, when a Lock is laid from the foretop to the Crown of the head, as little Children that have long hair are usually dressed.
In Taures, when the hair on the forehead is curled and standeth out.
In Bull heads, when the said curled forehead is much larger than the Taure.
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