Silk Short Tailed Dagged Hood

• Based on contemporary artwork and extant garments
• No visible machine stitching
• Made in 100% Raw Silk
• Available in a medieval palette of jewel tones to coordinate with our silk gowns and reversible cottes
• All interior seams enclosed
• Flattering and authentic fit
• One size fits most
• Designed to be closed with your own pin so you can accessorize to match your outfit
• Color combinations: Reversible Raw Silk - Green/Black, Red/Black, Green/Blue, Blue/Red, Blue/Black, Purple/Black, Periwinkle/Gold, Golden Brown/ Dark Brown and Olive/Dark Brown
• Completely reversible so you get two distinct looks for one low price
  
• Price: $59.95

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 and 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. Our dagged, short-tailed, reversible silk hood, offered in a palette of medieval jewel tones that matches our silk cottes and gowns. Generally speaking, hoods with shorter tails were most common in earlier medieval periods and amongst lower and middle classes through the fifteeenth century. Since it is fully reversible it is like having two hoods in one! The open front can be fastened with a badge so that you can accessorize to match your outfit. You also can leave it open and turn back the front, revealing the contrast lining, as women often did later in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.