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Hoods - Silk

Blue and white daggued silk hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with rectangular daggues
Outer Colour: Peacock blue
Outer Fabric: Silk
Lining Colour: Off white
Lining Fabric: Silk
Closures: No closures
Decorative features: Silk embroidery- 2 sets of two lines above the daggues. Silk embroidery around the daggue edges.
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Based on existing hood patterns.
Documentation: 14th century, worn on a woman. Bohun Psalter folio 44r.

Gold and white silk hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Gold
Outer Fabric: Silk
Lining Colour: White
Lining Fabric: Silk
Closures: No closures
Decorative features: Silk embroidery- two lines and a line of scallops, gold plated roses on points. Long tippet.
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Based on existing hood patterns.
Made by: Rosalie
Documentation: Embroidery from the Romance of Alexander, France, 14th century

Hoods - Wool

Wine wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Wine
Outer Fabric: wool
Lining Colour: Off white
Lining Fabric: linen
Closures: none
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Shoulder gores. Based on existing hood patterns. Embroidery in progress based on French manuscript pattern.
Documentation: 14th century France
Mauve grey wool hood with buttons

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Mauve grey
Outer Fabric: Striped herringbone wool
Lining Colour: Off white
Lining Fabric: Herringbone Wool
Closures: Wool buttons, hand made.
Decorative features: none
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Shoulder gores. Based on existing hood patterns. hand made buttons.
Documentation: Coronation of Clarette, 14th century, French
Tan wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Brown
Outer Fabric: Wool
Lining Colour: none
Lining Fabric: n/a
Closures: none
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Based on existing hood patterns. Hood has long cowl as seen in early 14th century manuscripts.
Made by: Rosalie
Documentation: Bohun Psalter, 14th century, England

Red wool hood with tippet and daggues

Country of Garment: England, France, Europe
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with long tippet
Outer Colour: Scarlet red
Outer Fabric: Wool
Closures: No closures
Decorative features: two lines of linen embroidery. Daggues around the bottom.
Construction method: Hand stitched with quilting thread.
Documentation: Basic pattern based on Bockstern-style pattern. Daggues as seen in Lancelot, France, 1344.and the Museum of London Finds book.

Brown wool hood with cream wool lining

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Brown
Outer Fabric: Wool
Lining Colour: Off white
Lining Fabric: Herringbone Wool
Closures: buttons
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Shoulder gores. Based on existing hood patterns from the Museum of London Clothing and Textile finds book. Hand made buttons.
Documentaton: 14th century, Coronation of Clarette, France. Luttrell Psalter, England

Brown wool hood with long cowl

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Brown
Outer Fabric: 100% wool
Lining Colour: Pale pink
Lining Fabric: 100% Linen
Closures: No closures
Decorative features: none
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Based on existing hood patterns with a front gore.
Documentation: Bohun Psalter, England
Cornflower blue wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Blue
Outer Fabric: 100% wool
Lining Colour: Pale blue
Lining Fabric: 100% Linen
Closures: Buttons
Decorative features: none
Construction method: Hand stitched with silk thread. Based on manuscript styles of the early 14th century. Hand made buttons down the front and hand stitched buttonholes.
Documentation: Ormesby Psalter folio 62v ,England

Burgundy wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Grey
Outer Fabric: 100% felted wool
Lining Colour: none
Lining Fabric: none
Closures: metal buttons
Decorative features: Daggues in acorn leaf pattern. Embroidery to be added.
Construction method: reworked and hand stitched with gores and long liripipe
Documentation: London finds
Bought from: Make Your Own Medieval, Australia.
Made by: House of Warfare, Poland, additions and fixing by Rosalie.
Notes: The hood had daggues which were not properly formed at the very front, and needed fixing. I cut the liripipe shorter to gain extra fabric to make a new daggue for the centre front and stitched it into place. The seams are not yet stitched down internally, but will be in the future.
Grey wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Grey
Outer Fabric: 100% felted wool
Lining Colour: none
Lining Fabric: none
Closures: metal buttons
Decorative features: none
Construction method: reworked and hand stitched with gores and long liripipe.
Bought from: That guy at a reenactor event who made it himself.
Documentation: London finds.
Royal blue wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Royal blue
Outer Fabric: 100% wool
Lining Colour: Red
Lining Fabric: Cotton
Closures: Reproduction pewter buttons
Decorative features: none
Construction method: Constructed by machine in the style of the London Hood
Purchased from: Mythrojan, via Make Your Own Medieval.
Documentation: Manuscript image, London finds book.
Notes: This hood has undergone a makeover since bought. The hood has been over-dyed with coffee to tone down the blue, and the original buttons have been replaced. The lining has been stitched down into the hood proper.
Leaf green wool hood

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood
Outer Colour: Leaf green
Outer Fabric: 100% wool
Lining Colour: none
Lining Fabric: none
Closures: Buttons
Decorative features: none as yet
Construction method: Constructed by machine in the style of the Hedeby hood but will undergo a reshaping to make it more early 14th century suitable. Upgrade may include a lining.
Purchased from: Ben, originally constructed by person unknown.
Documentation: Manuscript image
Olive wool hood w embroidery
new one under construction

Country of Garment: England
Time Period: Late 14th century
Type of Garment: Hood with tippet
Outer Colour: Olive
Outer Fabric: Wool
Lining Colour: Cornflower blue
Lining Fabric: linen
Closures: No closures
Decorative features:
Construction method: Hand stitched with quilting thread. Based on existing hood patterns.
Made by: Rosalie
Documentation: Manuscript image