hats and laces

Anne of Cleves wearing a head garment similar to the gable headdresses of the day, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger around the year of 1539.

A gable headdress or gable hood is an accessory characteristic for 1500-1550 England. It is so called because its shape resembles the gable of a house.

I also found a link to an outline of the development of women’s Renaissance headdress for those who are interested. Here it is.

As requested the other day, two wonderful examples of Northern Renaissance hairstyles. Also notice the dress (and the jacket in the first painting), the sleeves, the gloves, the necklaces!

By Lucas Cranach the Elder, Judith Victorious with a hairnet and the same Judith with her hair let down. Both paintings were made around 1530.

Margaret Tudor

An engraving of Anne Boleyn - Natalie Dormer as Anne in The Tudors

Watercolor of Jane Seymour - Annabelle Wallis as Jane in The Tudors.

Sarah Bolger as Lady Mary Tudor in The Tudors series finale.

Jane Seymour’s wedding dress from The Tudors, Season 3.

This promotional picture portrays Anne Boleyn, the character from The Tudors, posing as Anne Boleyn, the real person, in her most famous portrait. The historical era should be around the year of 1525.

(click to see it and make the comparison)

Late-16th-century copy of a lost original of c. 1533-1536.

Eleanor of Toledo by Angelo Bronzino, 1544-45

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Cate Blanchett by Irving Penn, 2007

Cate wears a gown designed by Nicolas Ghesquière based on the costume Blanchett wears in the final scene of Elizabeth.