"No evidence has been found that 17th century coifs had a gathered projection at the back; it's thought that this appearance is derived from tying a tape round the "bun" of hair over the coif to hold it in place." A demonstration of this (from the late 16th C) can be found here: http://www.extremecostuming.com/articles/howtowearthecoif.html
--- On Wed, 9/1/10, Kate Bunting <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kate Bunting <[email protected]> Subject: [h-cost] Stuart Peachey talk To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:25 AM I've just come back from the Sealed Knot's August Bank Holiday muster at Basing House (the ruins of a large house in Hampshire which was owned by a Catholic nobleman and was besieged by the Parliamentarians during 1663-4). On the Sunday evening Stuart Peachey, the expert on 17th century life, gave a talk on lower-class 17th century costume.... _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
