A visard , also known as a vizard , is an oval mask of black velvet which was worn by travelling women in the early modern period to protect their skin from sunburn.[1] The fashion of the period for wealthy women was to keep their skin pale, because a tan suggested that the bearer worked outside and was hence poor. Some types of vizard were not

(disambiguation).

A 16th-century woman wears a visard while riding with her husband.