The 1770s were notable for extreme hairstyles and wigs at Versailles which were built up very high, and often incorporated decorative objects (sometimes symbolic, as in the case of the famous engraving depicting a lady wearing a large ship in her hair with masts and sails — called the Coëffure à lIndépendance ou la Triomphe de la liberté — to celebrate naval victory in the American war of independence). These coiffures were parodied in several famous satirical caricatures of the period.
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