{"id":6891,"date":"2025-11-12T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illyriantailor.com\/?p=6891"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:52:50","slug":"baret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/illyriantailor.com\/english\/2025\/11\/12\/baret\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnet according to prince Edward VI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I hesitated for a long time before sewing this bonnet as an accessory to a children's costume from the Thirty Years' War, as it does not fit into the Czech environment at that time. However, since theoretically such an appearance would not have been completely impossible in the Czech lands at that time, and since people tend to turn a blind eye to period accuracy when it comes to small children, I sewed it anyway due to my great fondness for this accessory. It was originally sewn for my son according to a pattern from the publication The Tudor Child: Clothing and Culture 1485 to 1625. As soon as it was made, his younger sibling took a liking to it, and so we soon had a little Tudor girl at events.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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BRUEGEL, Pieter the Elder. Children\u00b4s games <\/a><\/h5>

The inspiration comes from my favorite painting, \"Children's Games\" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in 1560, which depicts a number of bonnets on children's heads, see a few details below.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Many such bonnets are preserved in museums, where we can also find knitted versions that were more common among the common people. Since I forgot how to knit a long time ago, I chose the sewn version.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Vln\u011bn\u00e1 pleten\u00e1 \u010depice z lond\u00fdnsk\u00e9ho Muzea, ve kter\u00e9 jsou v\u0161it\u00e9 kr\u00e1tk\u00e9 kousky hedv\u00e1bn\u00e9 stuhy. V 16. stolet\u00ed se \u010depice po pleten\u00ed valchaly (praly, tepaly a plstily), aby se vytvo\u0159ila pevn\u00e1, tepl\u00e1, nepromokav\u00e1 a odoln\u00e1 l\u00e1tka. \u010cepice poch\u00e1z\u00ed z tudorovsk\u00e9 \u00e9ry a stejn\u011b jako na obraze od Bruegela najdeme i mezi dochovan\u00fdmi exempl\u00e1\u0159i r\u016fzn\u00e9 styly (rozhodoval vkus a pen\u011b\u017eenka z\u00e1kazn\u00edka). V\u00fdroba jedn\u00e9 \u010depice je dle popisu muzea v\u00fdsledkem pr\u00e1ce vysoce kvalifikovan\u00fdch, profesion\u00e1ln\u00edch pracovn\u00edk\u016f. B\u011b\u017en\u00e9 byly jasn\u00e9 barvy, jako je modr\u00e1 nebo \u010derven\u00e1, ale nosila se i \u010dern\u00e1 a tmav\u011b hn\u011bd\u00e1. V\u011bt\u0161ina \u010depic m\u00e1 dnes odst\u00edny hn\u011bd\u00e9 kv\u016fli dlouhodob\u00e9mu vystaven\u00ed vlhk\u00e9 zemi \u2013 k odhalen\u00ed jejich p\u016fvodn\u00ed barvy by bylo nutn\u00e9 prov\u00e9st anal\u00fdzu barven\u00ed.<\/p>\n

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Another preserved cap, split-brimmed with slashed neckflap. Workers digging foundations for new buildings around London in the early 20th century found many pieces of clothing and textiles buried in the ground. Many of them are caps like these, most of which are in good condition. They were probably lost from the heads of their wearers or discarded when they became unfashionable (around 1570) and thrown into city ditches and cesspools. Unfortunately, as these were not formal archaeological excavations, all details that could help to date the caps more accurately were lost. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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MOR, Antonis. Portraits of Sir Thomas Gresham and Anne Fernely<\/a><\/h5>

Sir Thomas Gresham (1519\u20131579) wearing a cap. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger. Edward VI as a Child<\/a><\/h5>

Another portrait of Prince Edward, also wearing a cap.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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LYON, de Corneille. Portrait of a Man<\/a><\/h5>

This portrait shows a simple, single-color version of the bonnet. According to museum descriptions, these caps were sometimes also referred to as \"apprentice\" or \"statute\" caps. In 1571, a law was passed requiring every man over the age of six, with the exception of men of high rank, to wear a knitted woolen cap made in England on Sundays and holidays.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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BRUEGEL, Pieter. Peasant Wedding<\/a><\/h5>

We can find lots of bonnets in other Bruegel paintings too. Museums say that some of them were trimmed with ribbons to look like the pricier silk versions. Wealthy Londoners wore headgear influenced by European fashion, and bonnets from Milan, decorated with ostrich feathers and brooches, were particularly fashionable. The painting depicts villagers (detail).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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HASELBACH, Pankraz engelhard von. Chebsk\u00e1 kronika<\/h5>

One domestic flat cap belonging to Bernhardin Schmidl, mayor of Cheb, photo taken from the publication Clothing in Western Bohemia in the 15th to 17th Centuries by Veronika Piln\u00e1 (p. 45). In her publication, the author states that the large flat bonnet was a popular head covering for both men and women in the first half of the 16th century. It was worn on a hair net and tilted to one side, decorated with jewels and feathers. It quickly became popular among broad sections of the population, from nobility and townspeople to soldiers and mercenaries <\/span>(p. 51). At the end of the 16th century, bonnets were replaced by completely different types of headgear in Bohemia.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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HASELBACH, Pankraz engelhard von. Chebsk\u00e1 kronika<\/a><\/h5>

A photo from an illuminated manuscript is also included in the publication Clothing in Western Bohemia in the 15th to 17th Centuries by Veronika Piln\u00e1 (p. 251) and depicts an older man\u2014the primate of the city of Cheb\u2014wearing a simple black bonnet set at a slight angle. Veronika Piln\u00e1 also mentions in her publication knitted bonnets from the 16th century found in London and made using the circular knitting technique with multiple needles. It is not known to what extent this technique was used for bonnets in Bohemia, but it was used here as such (p. 51).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The pattern comes from my favorite publication, The Tudor Child: Clothing and Culture 1485 to 1625. It is very simple and can also be used for adults. It is suitable for the period 1485-1580 for all social classes and for the lowest class until 1625. According to Veronika Piln\u00e1, this type of bonnet was geographically very widespread - it was worn not only in Western Europe, but also in Central and Southern Europe (Clothing in Western Bohemia in the 15th to 17th centuries, p. 51). <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The basis of the pattern is the lower and upper parts of the bonnet: a simple circle forming the top of the bonnet \/ crown and the edge to which this circle is sewn - the brim of the bonnet. Add 12 mm of fabric for seams to both pieces.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I chose warm gray and very comfortable wool. The reason for this was to recycle an old medieval hood that was no longer being used, as well as the properties of the fabric\u2014warm wool in a nice color. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The pattern in the book specifies the size of the bonnet for a 10 year old child with a head circumference of 56,5 cm. The pattern can be easily adjusted to the size of the wearer's head by increasing or decreasing the circumference of the brim of the bonnet, i.e. by adjusting its inner and outer circumference. According to the publication, an additional 6 mm of length should be added to the corresponding size.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For a simple wool bonnet like the one I made, you need to cut out two layers of brim. For those who would like a slightly better version of the bonnet, you can sew wire into the edge, which allows you to shape the bonnet in various ways when wearing it. I thought this option was unnecessary for children, so I sewed a simple brim without wire, which works very well.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I sewed two basic layers of brim on the outside hem \u2014this hem is visible from behind the crown when worn. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In addition to warm outer fabric, it is also good to use lining for the bonnet \u2013 I chose light-colored linen. Its size is equal to the size of the upper part (crown of the bonnet). <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I placed both circles\u2014the woolen crown of the bonnet and the linen lining\u2014together and gathered them with thick thread. The circumference of the gathering must correspond to the inner circumference of the brim. I first gathered the bonnet with thick cotton thread to set the appropriate volume and then sewed it with a denser stitch. Then I attached the gathered fabric to the brim.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After gathering and sewing it with a dense stitch, I removed the original cotton cord from the bonnet, which was only used to make gathering easier, not as a permanent stitch. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This creates a gathered and lined bonnet crown and brim, which is sewn along the outer edge. The gathered crown must be sewn to the inner circumference of the brim at the gathering point. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After joining the upper and lower parts of the bonnet, it is necessary to attach a strip of lining to the gathered crown (as a kind of finish to the rough join between the two parts) \u2013 I used light gray linen. The strip of fabric should be 2,5 cm wide and the same length as the circumference of the gathered edge\/inner brim (just add a little extra to the length). <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The finished bonnet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I must admit that I have grown very fond of the bonnet myself.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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