Mary Wotton, Lady Guildenford, wearing a gable hood with pinned up lappets and a hanging veil. Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527.
A gable hood, English hood or gable headdress is an English woman's headdress of c. 1500-1550, so-called because its pointed shape resembles the gable of a house. Portrait of Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan AD927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi - Water (%) Population... There are many different styles of hats. ... The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts, showing four gables in this view. ...
Originally a simple pointed hood with decorated side panels called lappets and a veil at the back, over time the gable hood became a complex construct with a box-shaped back and two tube-shaped hanging veils at 90-degree angles; the hanging veils and lapets could be pinned up in a variety of ways to make complex headdresses.
Early gable hood: Elizabeth of York c. 1500 Image File history File links Elizabeth_of_York. ... Elizabeth of York (February 11, 1466–February 11, 1503) was the Queen Consort of King Henry VII of England, who she married in 1486, and the mother of King Henry VIII. She was born at Westminster, the eldest child of King Edward IV and his own Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville...
Front and back views of a box-backed gable hood of c. 1528-30. Detail of a drawing by Holbein
Gable hood with lappets and one side of veil pinned up (engraving after Holbein c. 1535)
Gable hood of c. 1543
See also
1500-1550 in fashion Portrait of the family of Sir Thomas More shows English fashions of the later 1520s. ...
References
Ashelford, Jane: The Art of Dress: Clothing and Society 1500-1914, Abrams, 1996. ISBN 0-81096-317-5
Ashelford, Jane: A Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century, Drama Books, 1983. ISBN 0-89676-076-6
A gable dormer with slate roof extends from the roof peak on the east slope of the main gable.
A rear one-story gable wing attaches the main block to a barn On the west face of the wing are four bays filled with 2/2 sash windows, except the second bay which has a door topped with a small shed roof hood.
A two-story gable wing attaches to the rear of the house.
Feeds |
Contact