The military cocked hat is also cocked differently from the equilaterally cocked hat. There are portraits that show the hat tipped back, not just parodies. The one that comes to mind immediately is a sporting painting however. I will try to look up the name and artist, I know I have a copy of it around here somewhere. I have seen two that I can remember, which I only remember because I hate the look and was surprised to see it. It looks so Disney.
"I'm your huckleberry" Ron Carnegie r.carne...@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Carol Kocian Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 3:50 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads...not!...maybe The purpose of the point over the left eye was so the musket barrel would not hit it. There are probably caricatures of hats being worn back on the head, but the fashion was straight. I remember hearing that 17thC hats were round rather than oval, and the distortion when worn caused the fashionable undulation of the brim. That doesn't happen when the brim is cocked up. Stretching the hat to oval will change the shape a bit, but not the the extent that it's visible with a free brim. Carol On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: > I think they were designed to be worn straight. When I did 18th > century re-enactment 30 years ago, we were told that soldiers' hats > should be worn with the front point an inch above the left eyebrow. > > Kate Bunting > Librarian & 17th century reenactor > > ------------------------------ > > Not especially my period, but were they worn straight on the head? > If you > wear a hat tilted back so it sits where an alice band would be, > rather than > around the crown of your head, then the crown of the hat can have a > circular > rather than oval profile. > > Claire _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
