A Friendly Reminder from jillwheezul

[hsifeng]

jillwheezul just posted this item on the GRC list on Yahoo! groups. I have seen it before, and some thoughts she expressed about the piece got me thinking about it again. *click on the image below to go to the original listing at the Met*



Cap (Coif), 16th century
German
silk; 13 x 11in. (33 x 27.9cm)
Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.194.1)

Having made both the Tudor Tailor 'cap/coif' and a mock up of attack_laurel 's take on the Elizabethian coif (which I understand come at the same hat from two VERY different angles), I have been left to wonder if this hat is a sort of hybrid of both concepts.

Now to consider, is 13" X 11" enough to have it fit *over* a wulsthaube, or is this an underlayer?

Comments

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

It looks so late 17th century... I mean, it's the same shape at the caps I wear doing Golden Age of Piracy!

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Perhaps this is a case of 'only so many ways to make a retangular bit of linen into a cap'?

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

Is 13" X 11" what you see laying flat, or is it effectively half of the measurement? I think we should write to the Met!

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I have a final today, but I can work on that tomorrow...

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

Only one way to find out...

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

You mean, we finally get together and pin my mock-ups to my heeed? *grin*

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

Let me know when would work for you. Other than tonight or tomorrow, as I have a head cold again, and my voice is rather shot.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

*awwwww* Not sick AGAIN!?!

Yikes lady, the plague is taking you down this year! Let’s see how you feel this weekend and we can make some plans.