Here's a picture of Queen Elizabeth I (1575) wearing what I think you're describing: http://www.englandhistory.com/sections/government/Monarchs/ElizabethI.jpg
>From my understanding, it's still essentially a french hood just a smaller version so all that can be seen of it is the crescent. http://www.elizabethancostume.net/headwear/frenchhood.html. If you scroll to the bottom there's a paragraph about french hoods of the later period that you seek. There's also another page that tells you how to construct a french hood, unfortunately the pattern for the later period isn't there but the earlier periods are. Maybe you can adapt the pattern to suit what you're looking for. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Sharon Collier <[email protected]>wrote: > Late Elizabethan, when ladies' hair was often (in portraits, at least) > puffed at the front, and with a cap or something (hard to see because of > course, it's on the back of the head). Often seemed to have quite a bit of > jewelling/fancy work. > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
