On Tuesday 26 May 2009 10:30:05 pm Sagittarius Uisce Beatha wrote: > Here's a picture of Queen Elizabeth I (1575) wearing what I think you're
> 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. Melanie Schussler just published an article on the evolution of French hood that's in the latest volume of Medieval Clothing and Textiles; she has some schematic drawings of French hoods, both early and late, that may be helpful. -- Cathy Raymond <[email protected]> "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed." --Sean O'Casey _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
