The French Hood

𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱 𝓗𝓸𝓸𝓭

A popular rounded headdress for women in the 16th century. Defined as

“A small bonnet made on a stiff frame, worn far back on the head, the front border curving forward on each side to cover the ears."

(𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓕𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽) 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓷 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 1530-1580 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝔂𝓹𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 16𝓽𝓱 𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝔂.

𝓒𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓶𝓪𝓭𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷, 𝓽𝓪𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓽𝓪 𝓸𝓻 𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓿𝓮𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓳𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴.

𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓱 𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓭𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓳𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓭 & 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮𝓼 (𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓳𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓰𝓸𝔀𝓷) 𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓭𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.