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If you look at the excellent images from the 16th century that are
included in the book, you'll see that the fall in the back of the hood
is a flat tube hanging from the top of the head and that the back of the
head is covered closely by something shaped more like a caul. The
patterns, however, show a fall shaped like a sleeve, which creates a
different effect entirely.
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The Fall/veil is shaped like a sleeve because it's attached at the top of
the shaped crescent (this is an interpretation that I support because all
the images I've seen show a band of black at the top edge of the stiffened
crescent and side views like this
http://www.bergercollection.org/artwork_detail.php?i=37 also show the veil
attached at the top of the crescent piece) and, like a sleeve, in order for
it to fit into a vertical circle at the top and a horizontal circle at the
bottom the top has to be curved. From memory the pattern does include a
shaped brim for a caul to wear underneath, the only thing that's not
directly indicated on the pattern is the size of the 'bag' part of the caul,
which you could just transfer from the working class caul patterns. I
haven't tried it yet and I'm somewhat disappointed that they don't have any
indication of which hood fits which decade, as the diagrams aren't enough
info for me to work it out without trying a mock-up.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/
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