#attifet

Louis XV era dress:

Top left:  1739-1749 Maria Felice Tibaldi by Pierre Subleyras (Worcester Art Museum - Worcester, Massachusetts, USA). From tumblr.com/blog/view/antiquelaceartist/689987624228782080 910X1211 @72 368kj.

Top right:  1743 Marquise de Castellane with her Embroidery by Jacques-André-Joseph Aved (Manchester Art Gallery - Manchester Art Gallery - Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK). From tumblr.com/blog/view/costumedufilm 942X1200 @72 400kj. Manchester was historically part of Lancashire.

Second row left:  1746 Louise Henriette Gabrielle de Lorraine, Princess of Turenne and Duchess of Bouillon by Jean-Marc Nattier (Versailles). From tumblr.com/blog/view/roehenstart 1538X1953 @72 999kj.

Second row right:  1750s Woman by Maurice Quentin de La Tour (Harvard Art Museums - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). From tumblr.com/blog/view/catherinedefrance 858X1024 @72 241kj.

Third row:  Maria Caterina Brignole, Princess of Monaco by ? (location ?). From tumblr.com/blog/view/down-the-rabbith0le/161758053255; blurred background and neckline area 1021X1280 @72 370kj.

Fourth row left:  1759 Madeleine Barberie de Courteille by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum - Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany). From tumblr.com/blog/view/history-of-fashion 769X921 @72 255kj.

Fourth row right:  1760 Mrs. Robert Brudenell by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Fogg Museum, Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). From tumblr.com/blog/view/sims4rococo76 1968X2400 @72 1.2Mj.

Fifth row:  1765 The Roffey Family by Sir Joshua Reynolds (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Birmingham, West Midlands, UK). From tumblr.com/blog/view/catherinedefrance; erased spots w Pshop 2048X1637 @72 949kj.

Sixth row:  1766 The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Wallace Collection - London, UK). From Google search leading to twitter.com/cowboycaps; erased most obvious spots & cracks w Pshop & mildly cropped 3158X4050 @72 7.5Mj.

idk how to describe this as anything other than snazzy, but what is it called?

Definitely snazzy.

I THINK it's called an attifet. "An Attifet is a heart-shaped headdress with a point that dips over the forehead, worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries." This page explains what an attifet is and shows the various forms of it over time:

Hello Time Travelers! 

I’ve been busy!  I’ve tried several times to post my current work in progress but my phone has been uncooperative!  Could be operator error! 

So, here’s what’s new! 

This is a custom, OOAK Elizabethan attifet that I am designing for a client who is a professional photographer. She will be doing a creative shoot with a model and has commissioned me to make something gorgeous!

Been a little under the weather. . . It’s a long story. Visit my Facebook page for the 411, it’s kind of hilarious! You know what they say about Murphey’s law?

So this beautiful piece is one of my favorites. I say that a lot don’t I? This headdress (attifet) is custom drafted by Moi! (copyrights 2013 - 2016). The fabric is a blackberry silk taffeta from Renaissance Fabrics. The back row is gold Sinemay with hand made bias cut binding. I added a decorative whip stitch with gold metallic thread, and hand tacked this delicate metallic lattice trim along the edge.  The embellishment on the crown are brass findings that resemble Tudor Roses. I added glass pearls and blood red glass beads, glass leaf beads and some deep violet seed beads. This particular embellishment isn’t easily seen, but offers a pleasant surprise when the wearer moves her head to just the right angle. Sort of a little hidden garden!

I used flat filigree findings on the front billiment and bent them by hand, then added glass pearl spikes with the same blood red beads and metallic filigree balls.