A gable hood, English hood or gable headdress is an English woman's headdress of c. 1500–1550, so called because its pointed shape resembles the architectural feature of the same name. The contemporary French hood was rounded in outline and unlike the gable hood, less conservative, displaying the frontal part of the wearer's hair.

Oct 4, 2017 · “England at the start of the century, the gabled hood, sometimes called a pediment headdress, was worn by aristocratic women. It was fashioned from a light wire frame shaped like the gabled roof of a house over which draped velvet. Long lappets of richly embroidered ribbon hung down in front.

The most notable type of headwear worn by well-to-do and better off Englishwomen during the first decades of the 16th century was an item now referred to as an English hood or Gable Hood. Complex and bulky, and peculiar to England and Flanders, …

Nov 27, 2016 · The gable hood, a stiff and elaborate head-dress, emerged around 1480 and was popular among elder ladies up until the mid 1500’s. They were most common in Burgundy and France, but also elsewhere, especially at the English courts, and in Northern Europe, Hungary and Poland, while uncommon in Italy.

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Dec 8, 2016 · A gable hood, English hood or gable headdress is an English woman’s headdress of c. 1500–1550, so-called because its pointed shape resembles the gable of a house. Early gable hood: Elizabeth of York c. 1500

Dec 17, 2023 · The English hood—also known as the gable hood, the kennel headdress, or the pediment headdress—and the French hood are two distinctive types of headwear associated with sixteenth-century ladies of the court and the nobility in England and France.

Nov 8, 2017 · There were six basic components to the French hood: the coif, the crepine, the paste, the veil, the billaments, and the cornet or bongrace. The coif was a linen cap that was either pinned to the hair or tied under the chin. Early french hoods could be seen with red coifs but most of the time the linen used was undyed.

The gable hood was a form of headdress worn in the early 16th century. It was originally called the English hood, and was worn solely in England, being championed by queens such as Catherine of Aragon and Jane Seymour.

This illustration, adapted from Norris' "Tudor Costume and Fashion," shows the shapes of the cloth from which an English and French hood were made. An article with historical information and a way to make French hoods is here.