tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6824513745203470814..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Indispensable Objects for Dressing a Wig, c.1750-80Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51029331230139440392014-11-19T14:49:31.540-05:002014-11-19T14:49:31.540-05:00There was a lovely moment in the movie "Amade...There was a lovely moment in the movie "Amadeus" where Mozart is shopping for wigs, and gets powdered -- he says that the wigs are all so lovely that he wishes he had three heads to wear them all.EDavisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10873835096939976852014-11-19T06:54:02.295-05:002014-11-19T06:54:02.295-05:00I wonder how dangerous the wig carrot was to the u...I wonder how dangerous the wig carrot was to the user, with that opportunity to inhale fine silicates! Lung disease was everywhere in the 18th century, and this must've been just one more contributor!<br />Thanks for this very interesting post--I've never seen either object before!<br />Nancy NAuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.com