French Hood - Black Gold Metallic Brocade / Gold Amber Jewel / Gold Embroidered Veil pin This early Elizabethan noble's hat

This early Elizabethan noble's hat is built with a plastic crown and laminated cardboard

often worn aslant with soft plumes

The brim is 9" long and 8" wide

This one is purple velvet

French Hood - Black Gold Metallic Brocade / Gold Amber Jewel / Gold Embroidered Veil pin This early Elizabethan noble's hatFrench hoods were worn in the second half of the 15th century, the late Tudor and early Elizabethan period. This one is a rich black and gold metallic brocade with a gold, amber and rhinestone jewel and gold embroidered crisp veil. These have wire in them to achieve the desired shape and an adjustable elastic band that goes behind the head under the hair.