>From my understanding, it's constructed like a french hood except the base doesn't cover the ears but sits more like a headband with the crescent sitting on top. http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/2700000/Elizabeth-I-of-England-The-Darnley-Portrait-kings-and-queens-2710388-800-1170.jpg, If you look in that picture of QEI, you'll see that there's also still a veil attached as well. As for the very back, I couldn't say for sure if there is a bag there or not. Or if there is a coif made to fit under such a small hood. From the looks of it, you still have the flat piece that the crescent sits on, but the crescent basically takes it over. It's really hard to say for sure as the bouffant hair covers the detail of the base.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Sharon Collier <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
