Peinetón
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The peinetón is a large, decorative comb that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and became very fashionable among its female inhabitants as well as those of Montevideo, Uruguay between the late 18
View of the Plaza de la Victoria—today the Plaza de Mayo—as depicted by Charles Pellegrini in 1831. The peinetón business was concentrated in the commercial area surrounding the square, which was the central axis of the city.
Charles Pellegrini. Mrs. Lucía Carranza de Rodríguez Orey, 1831.
Jacobo Fiorini. Mrs. Candelaria Somellera de Espinoza, c. 1830–1834.
An 1836 watercolor painting by Benoît Darondeau depicting a woman from Montevideo in ball dress.
Encarnación Ezcurra
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María de la Encarnación Ezcurra was an Argentine political activist, wife of Juan Manuel de Rosas.
Peinetón
…in Plus Ultra, a monthly supplement of Caras y Caretas magazine. The model on the upper right displays Federalist slogans, including an exaltation of Encarnación Ezcurra. The peinetón is a one-piece headdress with a slightly convex body, with both sides fretworked and profusely decorated. It is made up of two…
Encarnación Ezcurra portrayed by García del Molino and Morel c. 1835. She wears a red ribbon on her hair, a symbol of the Federalist Party, as well as the fashionable peinetón.