Elizabethan head coverings, Part 4- The Attifet

The Attifet

(source: http://www.fynehats.com/blackattifets.htm)

The Attifet was almost like the French hood. The only difference was that it was heart shaped and not crescent shaped like the French hood. Lace was added as well.

(source: http://trystancraft.com/costume/2012/01/29/elizabethan-wired-caps-preview/)

This is a portrait of Mary Queen of Scots by Nicholas Hilliard in 1578

(source: http://armedandslightlydangerous.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/attifet.html)

Mary Queen of Scots