Saturday 28 March 2020

Bourrelet


This is Bourrelet, is basically a ring of stuffed fabric


The name bourrelet is probably derived from the French language word bourrer meaning to stuff or to pad


The name describes a type of headwear worn in 15th-century Europe, even if these pictures are of a more Arabic look.



The hat can be made by either stuffing a tube of fabric or just a roll of fabric, sometimes even a ring of platted fabric.


The Bourrelet can be used on its own as the hat in this picture, which is worn with blue scarf held in place by bourrelet or can form part of the brim of another hat such as a chaperon  


The bourrelet can be worn by both men and women, in women, it formed the base of many elaborate headdress.