Gable (Tudor cap)

Gable: front and back view

Gable (from the English gable - gable roof of the house) is an English female headdress of the first third of the 16th century .

An English women's costume at the beginning of the 16th century in its basic proportions and silhouette was similar to Flemish , French , etc., but had its own specific features that gave it a national touch .

This feature, first of all, was a hat, a gable. Sometimes the gable is also called the “Tudor cap”: this headdress was popular in Tudor England - during the reign of Henry VIII and his children - Edward VI and Mary I.

The gable was originally worn over a white linen cap , the sides of which descended almost to the shoulders. It had a frame base, the edge of which was covered in front with a rigid tape, crossed in the middle of the forehead, or with a roller entwined with tape. The front of the gable was embroidered with silk , gold and some gems.

Then they began to attach a black veil to the base: at first it consisted of one piece of fabric, and then, from about 1525, they began to cut it from the back to the back of the head; the ends were either wrapped and attached to the bottom of the frame, or thrown to one side.

The gable was replaced by a lighter headgear - arcel .

Gable women can be seen in portraits by the Hans Holbein the Younger .