1840s fashion

thumb|Bavarian Officer Pickelhaube thumb|right|Prussian police leather Pickelhaube

upright|thumb|Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903

lightweight cloth-covered helmet

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broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners

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dress worn by Queen Victoria on the day of her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840

rural clothing of Welsh women in the 19th century, later adopted as national dress

tall hat worn by women as part of Welsh national costume