Yes, that looks very much like what I want to make. Is it a flat piece, like
a french hood, or a decorated roll? 

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Sagittarius Uisce Beatha
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:30 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] late Elizabethan headdress

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.
>
>
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