White Cowphat

A flat cap or Cow-pat hat

This was part of job lot of RSC hats I purchased, all in very good condition.

See labels theatrical hats for other cow-pat hats that came as part of this set.

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.

Another Fur Rimmed Hat

Following on from my last post here is another fur rimmed hat.

Not quite as furry as the last one, this one as a strip of artificial fur sewn onto a basic woollen beanie style cap

Shakespeare Might Have Made This

Another of the theatrical hats, this time a Tudor cow pat hat

No doubt an outcast from some Shakespearean production company.

A good all-round merchant to a noble hat to go with your Tudor costume

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

White Skull Cap

This white fabric skull cap has a turn-up band around the rim.

 The cap is almost the same as the docker cap in a previous post but lacks the button on top and adjustable band, this is more of a medieval or religious cap.

 There is one seam front to back, the shape comes from the stretching of the fabric.

In the photo below its shown worn with a coif underneath.

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.

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.

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.