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In the Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras, coifs were frequently decorated with blackwork embroidery and lace edging. Coifs were worn under gable hoods and hats of all sorts, and alone as indoor headcoverings. Coifs were also worn by a now-defunct senior grade of English lawyer, the Serjeant-at-Law even after they became judges. [2]

A selection of late 16th and early 17th century women's coifs on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Several of these coifs are similar to coifs in the Burrell Collection. A coif, early 17th c., worked in black silk and gilt thread in a variety of stitches.

What is a Coif? Head coverings during the 16th century ranged from the simple to the complex. The simplest, which was worn throughout the 16th century and well into the 17th, was the "coif". The coif is, quite simply, a close-fitting cap made of a light fabric, usually white or naturally-coloured linen (or silk, for the nobility).

English coif, early seventeenth century. Linen ground fabric embroidered with silk and silver-gilt threads, silver strips and a few spangles. The stems are worked in plaited chain, whilst the flowers are embroidered in detatched lacework. The coif has been opened out to show the complete embroidery design.

2024年11月4日 · This black linen coif is hand stitched with linen thread and has a silk ribbon drawstring in the back. Lace decorates the face edge and the center top. After wrapping braided hair around head, the drawstring is used to gather the coif back into a pouch and is then wound around the braids and tied to keep the coif securely on the head.

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2016年1月29日 · In the first half of the seventeenth century the main linen headwear for women was the coif. The coif came in several forms but most were close fitting. Hoods were around from the beginning of the century and, from the 1640s to the 1680s, they slowly, but never completely, replaced the coif both as a fashion item and among the lower classes.

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