9/20/2023 0 Comments How to make a flat capI translated this to paper and used the paper to construct a model of the existing flat cap. I employed the assistance of Lady Ursula von Memmingen – very capable and willing when it comes to secret squirrel projects – to get the measurements of an existing flat cap belonging to the recipient to get basic measurements to start the draft of my hat pattern. So, I decided to make my own pattern for a flat cap based the techniques I’d been taught by Mistress Mathilde Adycote of Mynheniot and Mistress Rowan Perigrynne in making my 16 th century wide-brimmed Spanish hat (2011) and 16 th century Saxony beret (2014). As such, I chose a black cotton velvet as the base fabric (which was more readily available than, say, silk velvet or a hat-appropriate wool).Īfter searching for patterns of flat caps online, I decided that I wasn’t enamoured of any particular pattern that I found. The primary inspiration for the final product was Figure 1, however, the other three figures demonstrate some of the variations and similarities observed in this type of headwear in the 16 th century.Īlthough three of the four figures are unfortunately in black and white rather than colour, it appears to me that all of these flat caps are likely made of a dark coloured velvet or wool. Image sourced from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (last accessed December 2014). Figure 4: Detail from the portrait of Charles IX (1550-1574), King of France, in the style of François Clouet, painted after 1561.
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