I got an answer from Cynthia herself on the Milliner's list: ******** Heh. I think that one is my fault, at least partially. They really do look like coffee filters, don't they?
"Fillet" is one term, "toque" is good if you subscribe to the closed-top version, and I don't know what the medievals reallly called them. I've heard some folks call them a "Plantaganet cap" but I don't know the provenance of that one. Cynthia ---- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dunno....I've always heard them referred to in informal terms--coffee filter > hat, pie-crust hat, etc., depending on the particular style. You might look > at the hat section in Cynthia Virtue's website--I recall seeing hat-ish > stuff there in the past. > --Sue > > What is the correct name of the medieval hat commonly referred to as the > coffee filter hat? It looks like a sailor's hat without any crown and > usually involves a chin strap and a hair net. > > > > I finished one over the holidays. Looks pretty good but I don't know what > to call it so I can turn it in as an arts project <GG> > > > > Julie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
