wig-block

After the most trifling reparation of a street it was customary to place his great wig-block (_tête à perruque_) there.

A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 Richard Twiss

It will be asked whether I am not the ` elderly gentleman 'who sate ` despairing beside a clear stream', with a willow for his wig-block.

The Improvisatore 1927

There was the old clergyman, such as Dr. Chauncey, wearing a white wig, which the barber took from his head, and placed upon a wig-block.

True Stories of History and Biography Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

There was the old clergyman, such as Dr. Chauncey, wearing a white wig, which the barber took from his head and placed upon a wig-block.

Grandfather's Chair Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Nevertheless, as he might possibly take it into his head to come into the room, I carefully arranged a wig-block in a night-cap on the pillow, and huddled up the coverlet so as to deceive a casual glance.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

"More probably a barber, who has converted his own head into a wig-block," growled John Effingham.

Homeward Bound or, the Chase James Fenimore Cooper 1820

I then retired to the opposite end, and surveyed the furniture; nothing retained its original form or position; -- the tables and chairs seemed to loom from the floor, and my grandfather's picture to thrust forward its nose like a French-horn, while that of my grandmother, who was reckoned a beauty in her day, looked, in her hoop, like her husband's wig-block stuck on a tub.

Lectures on Art Washington Allston 1811

Nevertheless, as he might possibly take it into his head to come into the room, I carefully arranged a wig-block in a night-cap on the pillow, and huddled up the coverlet so as to deceive a casual glance.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 13: Holland and Germany Giacomo Casanova 1761

Nevertheless, as he might possibly take it into his head to come into the room, I carefully arranged a wig-block in a night-cap on the pillow, and huddled up the coverlet so as to deceive a casual glance.

The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

Neatly spread out, fan-wise, on one side of this bench, was the Druid’s golden beard and moustache and, hooked over a table lamp in lieu of a wig-block, the golden wig itself, topped by a tall crown of mistletoe.

Tied Up in Tinsel Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1972