Showing posts with label 15th Century Hat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 15th Century Hat. Show all posts

Sunday 29 January 2023

Tubular Chaperon

A red woollen chaperon with black lining 

This particular chaperon is less complex than many, it does not include a fancy liripipe or bourrelet.

This harkens back to the chaperon's origin, a rolled-up hood.



Basically in this case a tube of fabric with the same diameter as the head with the bottom rolled up exposing the different colour lining to form the brim/headband.








Saturday 4 December 2021

Green Felt Hat

 This green felt hat has seen better days, crushed at the bottom of the pile, it needs steaming over a dome to reshape it.


Listed as a Richard the 3rd style hat.


Made of green felt.



Sunday 1 November 2020

Librarian's hat

This style of hat I like to call a Librarian's hat, since I see it worn by some sort medieval scholar or portrait painter, although it's not specific to anyone of that sort in reality.


Made of wool fabric sewn to form the shape.


Ideal for reenactor, theatre or larp use, will suit a multitude of characters


If looking for a hat of this style online look for a medieval wool crown hat



Saturday 27 June 2020

Fez like

This tapering hat is very fez like in shape, but lacks the tassel on top and is actually too tall,


however I suppose you might still call a fez.


A hat for use in War of the Roses medieval reenactment the shape can be seen in many contemporary illustrations.



I can't remember where I got this, as it was over 15 years ago but would have been a reenactors market no doubt.


Worn a couple of times, but never found a costume that it went with so ended up not being used much.


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.



Sunday 26 January 2020

Red Chaperon

This Chaperon is part of the job lot of 6 theatrical hats I purchased.


Being made for theatrical use, aesthetic rather historical accuracy lead the design.





















 That said a first glance it fits the bill, just ignore the fabric and way its made.




 The nice long livery pipe, scarf bit if you want attached to the side of the hat is nicely flamboyant.


Good to chew on 


or hide behind


Saturday 9 November 2019

Domed green hat

This round felt hat was listed as a Monmouth style cap, but I don't think it is.


Monmouth caps while a similar shape are a knitted cap more like a small beanie that fits the dome of your head.


This I would say is just a medieval domed cap.


Saturday 2 November 2019

Minstrels Hat

This Robinhood style felt hat as been upgraded


The hat itself was originally posted here in 2015


But has been decorated with scrolls to sewn to the brim for the part of a minstrel.


The additions really change the hat, its become more theatrical and less authentic.



The scrolls were varnished before rolling and tieing with ribbons, in the hope they may survive a bit of damp weather.


Saturday 29 June 2019

Woolen Acorn


This medieval style acorn hat is made of wool, lined with linen and sewn in to shape.
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Acorn hats in addition to being acorn-shaped, have a little pip of fabric at the top that in the case of acorn hat probably represent the stalk or possibly the remains of the style.



The pip also occurs through the felting process if this were a felted, rather sewn acorn hat.


Looking at the pictures I think this hat needs more air time or ironing, its been crushed in the bottom of bag too long and never seem to see the light of day.