Elizabethan head covering, Part 2- The French hood

The French Hood

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The french hood had a crescent shaped kind of Alice band with a veil covering the back. The edges were often decorated with pearls or jewels (called bilaments/billiments). Anne Boleyn, being raised in France, was the person that primarily introduced the French hood to England.

(source: http://www.thetudorswiki.com/page/HOODS+%26+Headdresses++on+The+Tudors)

Anne Boleyn

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_hood)

Elizabeth Seymour painted by Hans Holbein the Younger around 1540

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