You can try Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1550- 1620 (I am not sure of the dates). She has a flat cap from the grave of one of the Medicis. You could use that and embellish as needed. Men's and women's hats were pretty much the same for this style. Regards- Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 12:38 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Flat Caps- was there a response in there? Quoting Catalina Elvira Osorio Lopez de Xerez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am still looking for a pattern for a flat cap that would end up > looking like the one in the 1535 portrait of Dona Ana Mauriquez. > > http://www.artnet.com/Images/magazine/features/jeromack/jeromack10-31-2s.jpg > > *cool* painting! I've never seen that one before. Anyway, best source for hat patterns that I know of is Lynn McMasters http://lynnmcmasters.com/patterns.html susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
