Elizabethan head coverings, Part 5- The Pillbox Hat

The Pillbox Hat

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The Pillbox Hat is a small hat that looks like a half sized Fez. The top of the hat is flat and it has no brim. It was worn mostly at the back of the head and was decorated with pearls, ribbons and jewels. Sometimes a veil was attached to the pillbox hat.

Here are some more samples on how a pillbox hat can look like.

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Portrait of a Lady

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Isabel de Valois, 1560, painted by Alonso Sánchez Coello

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This portrait shows Queen Elizabeth I in "The Sieve Portrait" around 1583. It was painted by Quentin Metsys the Younger