Fig. 35.—German fifteenth century headband.
Fig. 36.—English seventeenth century headband.
Fig. 37.—English eighteenth century headband, by Roger Payne.
Fig. 38.—English nineteenth century headband, by Charles Lewis.
Some of the early headbands are sewn over with strips of soft leather, and at a later time they are cut in distinctive ways, flat or round, and sewn over with silks of particular colours or combinations of colours.
Of late years the vice of cutting off the ends of the headband has come into being; these ends ought to be drawn properly into the boards, as Mr. Douglas Cockerell has indeed done for me in several instances. But no words can adequately condemn the miserable ready-made coloured slips which are often found simply stuck on in the proper place.