Simple Linen Fillet

Simple Linen Fillet

$15.95

    • Based on contemporary medieval artwork(see Historical Inspirations below)
    • Made in 100% Lightweight Linen
    • One size fits all
    • Size is to be completely adjustable and meant to be closed with a pin
    • Fillet can be worn with Barbette and Veils Pins alone or to secure veils
    • Color: White

About Simple Fillet

Head-coverings were a critical component of dress in the Middle Ages. Hats were common with men and women of all classes, and came in a wide variety of forms, and made of a wide variety of materials. Men wore their hats alone or over a hood or coif, while women seem to have worn theirs either alone, over a simple veil, or over a full veil and wimple. Our plain fillet is one size, meant to be closed by pinning and is best secured to head when worn horizontally with a Barbette using Veil Pins. The Plain Fillet is a great foundation for securing a variety of headwear such as Veils, Flemish Hoods, Henins and more.

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Head-coverings were a critical component of dress in the Middle Ages. Hats were common with men and women of all classes, and came in a wide variety of forms, and made of a wide variety of materials. Men wore their hats alone or over a hood or coif, while women seem to have worn theirs either alone, over a simple veil, or over a full veil and wimple. Our plain fillet is one size, meant to be closed by pinning and is best secured to head when worn horizontally with a Barbette using Veil Pins. The Plain Fillet is a great foundation for securing a variety of headwear such as Veils, Flemish Hoods, Henins and more.

Drawing from the Manesse Codex circa 1305-1340 in Heidelberg University Library, no. 848, Heidelberg, Germany

Drawing after a detail in the Hockham Bible MS Add.47682, f.6 circa 14th century in the British Library, London, England

Drawing after a detail in the Cathedral Treasure circa 1300 Minden, Germany

A plain fillet shown as a foundation for a turret hat, with a barbette securing both to the head.

A plain fillet shown as a foundation for a turret hat, with a barbette securing both to the head.

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