Editing French braid (section)

==History==
{{see also|Braid (hairstyle)}}
[[File:Dutch Braid.JPG|thumb|upright|A Dutch braid, otherwise known as an inverted French braid. The braid is above the hair instead of beneath it like normal French braids.]]

The phrase "French braid" appears in an 1871 issue of ''[[Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine|Arthur's Home Magazine]]'', used in a piece of short fiction ("Our New Congressman" by March Westland) that describes it as a new hairstyle ("do up your hair in that new French braid").<ref name="Arthur">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3AAAAAAYAAJ&q=french+braid+hair&pg=PA223 | author=March Westland | title=Our New Congressman| pages=222–223| journal=Arthur's Home Magazine | volume=37-38| year=1871}}</ref> However, no visual illustrations are provided for that context, making it impossible to tell whether it refers to the same hairstyle described above.