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.
Originally a simple pointed hood with decorated side panels called lappets and a veil at the back, over time the gable hood became a complex construct with a box-shaped back and two tube-shaped hanging veils at 90-degree angles; the hanging veils and lapets could be pinned up in a variety of ways to make complex headdresses.
 Early gable hood: Elizabeth of York c. 1500 |
 Front and back views of a box-backed gable hood of c. 1528-30. Detail of a drawing by Holbein |
 Gable hood with lappets and one side of veil pinned up (engraving after Holbein c. 1535) |
 Gable hood of c. 1543 |
See also
References
- Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500-1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-8109-6317-5
- Ashelford, Jane: A Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century, Drama Books, 1983. ISBN 0-89676-076-6
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