Wool Dagged Hood

Wool Colors:

Please see our Fabric Selection page for current solid & patterned wool options. Please don’t hesitate to text us (708-502-1937) or email  with any questions about stock or availability.)

Please note, not all wool varieties we carry are woven closely enough use in making a dagged design, with edges left clean-cut. We have limited the color availability listed below to those fabrics that work best and they do not include all wools show here. Also, with the difficulty of accurately representing colors on a variety of monitors, the color names are meant as descriptions along with the swatches. Please use both when deciding on what color to order. Despite how the colors may appear on your monitor the same color names in Wool, Silk and Linen are different and do not exactly coordinate.

Head-coverings were a critical component of dress in the Middle Ages. Hoods were common with men and women of all classes, and came in a wide variety of forms: long tailed or liripipe, short-tailed, dagged or straight hems, either pull-over or with an open front that was buttoned or pinned closed. Only the sumptuousness of the fabric, elaborateness of the dagging, or extreme length of the tail distinguished the hood of a duke from that of a villein. Men wore their hoods alone or with a plain linen coif beneath or a hat over, while women seem to have worn the hoods alone or with a wimple. In general, the most extreme version of this style with the longest tail or, liripipe, was typical in the mid to late fourteenth century while our short-tailed version is more typical of earlier fourteenth century portrayals. Made in fulled woo, so that the dagg edges  won’t fray, this hood is joined in the front for the ease of pull-over wear and is a stylish solution to keep warm while being completely authentic. It can also be rolled into chaperone hat.