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Background imageHennin Collection: Mediaeval Headdresses

Mediaeval Headdresses
Medieval ladies in their fancy headdress

Background imageHennin Collection: Marie of Anjou, Queen of France, wife of King Charles VII

Marie of Anjou, Queen of France, wife of King Charles VII. She wears a truncated hennin, jeweled necklace, and black velvet robe lined with ermine, crakows or poulaines

Background imageHennin Collection: Lady presenting the prize of the tournament

Lady presenting the prize of the tournament. Chromolithography by Regamey after Tournois du roi Rene, ca. 1489. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance

Background imageHennin Collection: History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen

History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen of the nobility. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

Background imageHennin Collection: History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen

History of France. 1400. Ladies and gentlemen of the nobility. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

Background imageHennin Collection: History of France. 1400. From left to right: Knight

History of France. 1400. From left to right: Knight
History of France. 1400. From left to right, 13: Knight of the Golden Fleece, 14: princess, 15: bourgeois woman. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume VI, 1885

Background imageHennin Collection: Table service of a Lady of Quality. 19th-century

Table service of a Lady of Quality. 19th-century
Table service of a Lady of Quality. Chromolithography from a miniature of the Roman de Renaud de Montauban, 15th century manuscript

Background imageHennin Collection: Noble women and their maids, France, 15th century

Noble women and their maids, France, 15th century. Ladies in tall hennin with long veils, gowns with long trains, walk along a hall decorated with helms and heraldic banners

Background imageHennin Collection: French costumes, end of the 15th century

French costumes, end of the 15th century. Usurer in chaperon 1, young man with rose 2, young woman 3 and old woman in hennin hat 4. The men with large purses or almoniers on their belts

Background imageHennin Collection: Three Flemish costumes, 15th century

Three Flemish costumes, 15th century. Woman in hennin with veil and wimple, woman in bonnet and cracows, and man in chaperon and velvet coat with dagger

Background imageHennin Collection: Cuer d'Amour arrives at the land of Compagnie, 15th century

Cuer d'Amour arrives at the land of Compagnie, 15th century
The knight Cuer d'Amour arrives at the land of Compagnie, 15th century. He wears a winged helmet adorned with flowers, red tunic and plate armour. He dines with ferry women in hennin hats

Background imageHennin Collection: Ferry women bring Cuer d'Amour to shore, 15th century

Ferry women bring Cuer d'Amour to shore, 15th century
Two ferry women bring Cuer d'Amour to shore, 15th century. Other women in hennin hats row boats and fish. Les Dames Marinieres. France, XVe siecle

Background imageHennin Collection: Noble costumes of the 15th century

Noble costumes of the 15th century
Personages of rank of the 15th century

Background imageHennin Collection: Noblewomen in hennin and veils, 15th and 16th centuries

Noblewomen in hennin and veils, 15th and 16th centuries
Ladies of rank of the 15th and 16th centuries and their headdresses satirized

Background imageHennin Collection: Costume of a French bourgeois lady, 1440

Costume of a French bourgeois lady, 1440
Costume of a bourgeois lady, reign of King Charles VII of France, 1440. In tall hennin with black veil, fur-lined green gown over a pink petticoat. Costume de femme a la ville, regne de Charles VII

Background imageHennin Collection: Euriant, fictional Countess of Nevers, 1440

Euriant, fictional Countess of Nevers, 1440. Wife of the hero of the Roman de Gerard de Nevers, 15th century. In tall hennin with veil, pink gown with ermine hem, gold petticoat, standing with harp

Background imageHennin Collection: Lady of the court of King Charles V, 1390

Lady of the court of King Charles V, 1390
French lady of the court of King Charles V, 1390. In tall horned headdress, gold choker, blue gown with leaf pattern over white petticoat. Dame de la cour de Charles V

Background imageHennin Collection: King Henry V of England boarding Trinity at Southampton

King Henry V of England boarding Trinity at Southampton
King Henry V of England boarding the Trinity at Southampton, 10 August 1415. The king in crown, helm and suit of armor. Knights in plate armor with comical helmets

Background imageHennin Collection: Stained glass window portrait of a lady with armorial

Stained glass window portrait of a lady with armorial
Stained glass window portrait of a lady in hennin hat with tiara, next to unknown states armorial shield, helm and crest, 1495. Shield shows a wicker fence

Background imageHennin Collection: Steel plate gauntlets of the late 15th century

Steel plate gauntlets of the late 15th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr

Background imageHennin Collection: French breastplate armour and spur worn of the 15th century

French breastplate armour and spur worn of the 15th century
French breastplate armour and spur worn by Duke Albrecht III of Bavaria of the 15th century. Panzerjacke, sporn

Background imageHennin Collection: Varieties of the hennin headdress

Varieties of the hennin headdress
Varieties of the late medieval hennin headdress. 1906

Background imageHennin Collection: Jeanne de Flandre wearing the conical hat called la Syrienne

Jeanne de Flandre wearing the conical hat called la Syrienne
Jeanne de Flandre, wife of Jean de Montfort, Duke of Brittany. Wearing the costume she wore entering Nantes with her husband 1341

Background imageHennin Collection: Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480

Woman of the court of Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480
Woman of the court of Rene d Anjou or Rene I of Naples, 1409-1480. She wears tall hennin conical hat with veil, red velvet dress over green petticoat

Background imageHennin Collection: The beauty Euriant, mistress of the Count of Nevers

The beauty Euriant, mistress of the Count of Nevers
Euriant of Savoy, mistress of the Count of Nevers. The story of the beauty Euriant and Gerard de Nevers was related in La Roman de la violette by the poet Gerbert de Montreuil

Background imageHennin Collection: Blessed Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alencon 1463-1521

Blessed Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alencon 1463-1521
Blessed Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alencon, Marguerite de Lorraine, Duchesse d Alencon 1463-1521

Background imageHennin Collection: Bonne of Berry, countess of Savoy, 1362-1435

Bonne of Berry, countess of Savoy, 1362-1435
Bonne of Berry, countess of Savoy, Bonne de Berry, comtesse de Savoie, daughter of Jean de France, d. 1434

Background imageHennin Collection: A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French

A long snouted sow plays a harp, walks on stilts and wears the fashionable French steeple-shaped headdress known as a Hennin. A style rare in England. Date: late 15th century

Background imageHennin Collection: LODOVICOS MARRIAGE / 1343

LODOVICOS MARRIAGE / 1343
King Lodovico of Sicily, son of the Duke of Anjou, weds the daughter of the Duke of Pedro. Date: circa 1343

Background imageHennin Collection: Pointy Medieval Hat

Pointy Medieval Hat
A medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s

Background imageHennin Collection: Costume / Bourgogne C15

Costume / Bourgogne C15
Man: very short houppelande or jacket with dagged epaulettes & hanging sleeves, parti- coloured hose, piked shoes & a bandeau. Woman: Hennin & veil headdress, gown & kirtle. Date: 15th century

Background imageHennin Collection: Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat

Lebanon - Married Druze Woman with Tantour hat
The traditional vertigious tantour hat of a married Druze (a monotheistic religious community)

Background imageHennin Collection: Maximilian Ct. Boussu

Maximilian Ct. Boussu
MAXIMILIAEN van HENNIN, grave van BOUSSU Flemish statesman, Stadt- holder over Hollandt, West- Vrieslandt and Uytrecht. Date: 1542 - 1578

Background imageHennin Collection: Maximilian Hennin Bossu

Maximilian Hennin Bossu
MAXIMILIAN HENNIN, count of BOSSU governor of Holland and Utrecht

Background imageHennin Collection: Noblewomen at Tournament

Noblewomen at Tournament
Noblewomen attending a tournament in France wear various headdresses including a Turkey Bonnet, Hennin or Steeple headdresses with veils & a V-shaped roll. Date: 15th Century

Background imageHennin Collection: Duchesse D orleans / Frois

Duchesse D orleans / Frois
Accused of practising magic against her brother-in-law, the imbecile king Charles VI le Fou, the duchesse d Orleans has to leave Paris for Asnieres

Background imageHennin Collection: English Headdresses C15

English Headdresses C15
Tournament spectators: their gowns have deep V -necklines & revers, narrow sleeves & fur cuffs. Headdresses: truncated cone, butterfly, V shaped roll, veils, cap with liripipe

Background imageHennin Collection: Steeple Headdress

Steeple Headdress
A fanciful Victorian depiction of a mediaeval lady wearing a Hennin or steeple headdress of the late C15th. Other aspects of her costume date from the 14th century


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