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The peruke riot was the name given to a disturbance that occurred in London on the 11th of February, 1765. The wig or peruke as it was then called having fallen from fashion the wig makers or perukiers as they were then called, worried about their livelihood, raised a petition and marched on the king with it demanding that gentlefolk should be forced by law to wear a wig. However, the general population seeing that a large proportion of the wig makers were themselves not wearing a wig, became angry and attacked the procession forcibly cutting off the hair of many of the marchers.
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In Norse mythology, Sif was a goddess of crops and fertility. She was married to Thor and represented with long blonde hair, which Loki cut off, only to be forced by Thor to persuade the dwarves to fashion a relistic replacement wig from gold. Being a loyal wife, Sif represented fidelity.
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American cloth was a smooth surfaced, glazed cloth used for covering work benches in wig factories so as to prevent the hairs catching in splinters of the bench. American cloth was slowly replaced by Formica and other smooth plastic surfaces.
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An abbes wig was an 18th century style of man's wig with three rows of rolled curls covering the neck and tonsure at the crown.
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The Adonis wig was an effeminate white-powdered wig in a long, flowing bushy dressing worn by some fashionable young men between about 1734 and 1775.
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An aldermanic wig was a man's style of wig of the 18th century mainly worn by city aldermen to enhance their dignity. The aldermanic wig was very full, with two large, sections of hair which hung down to the shoulders each side.
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An allonge was a man's baroque style of wig with long furl curls first worn at the court of Louis XIV.
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The au petit maitre was a man's style of wig of the mid-18th century.
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The au vieillard was a man's style of wig of the mid-18th century.
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The a L'Adorable was a gentleman's wig, popular around 1757, with ornately tied side panels covering the ears and a long back.
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