Hi Vickie, I did not get your original email or else Iâd have answered earlier. I donât think this is a Dutch hul. The back is too long; there are no balls on the hul and it has more of a inverted V shape at the back. The hul does not have the thick edge your hat has and the lace is the wrong type. It looks more like a hat from eastern Europe.
As Adele said, there are many different lace bonnets in the Netherlands. Most villages had their own costume and lace bonnet, although not every village had a lace one*. The hul is part of the costume of Voledam, a fishing port to the north of Amsterdam on the Ijsselmeer. The types of lace used for the âkappenâ as we call the bonnets varied from fine laces such as point lace to crochet lace depending on your village âdrachtâ (costume) AND your station in life, although this was not as important as it was in Britain. Many bonnets were worn over a broad headband or casket of gold or silver called a âhoofd-ijzer (head-iron) which often had a square or corkscrew shape at the end which would press slightly into the cheeks giving a fuller (healthier?) look. Ornaments could be hung on these shapes a little like we would use earrings. Necklaces were also part of the costume, frequently of coral beads with a ornate gold closure worn at the front. If you are interested your library may have the âfairly simple- book;- Dutch costumes by A.Groen, Publisher Elmar BV, Delft ISBN 61200946. Few costumes are worn daily these days, mainly Voledam, Marken and Urker but on special days some villages look wonderful with many in costume. Even if the daily bonnet was a fairly simple cloth one, often a lace one was added over it for holy and other special days. Funnily enough, if the lace bonnet was worn daily âin the richer areas- the women often wore a hat of some description over it on Sundays and other special days. I am entitled to wear the Walcheren costume for Arnemuiden and/or for Vlissingen but could not possibly afford it The head-iron alone costs about £3000. And as my grandmother was the 6th in her family she did not inherit the costume. The hat in the photograph looks as if at least the edge is made of a flat âyarnâ which could be metal wire. This would discolour and may become brittle over time. Hope this is useful to you. Joepie, East Sussex, UK *You can look up Images of Marken costume (crochet hat), Hindeloopen costume (colourful cotton cloth hat), Staphorst (embroidered cloth), Walcheren costumes (broder Anglais or point lace)on Bing or Google. Groningen (lace) or West Friesland (lace with a feather hat on top). Even here there is confusion as other villages/areas are mixed in with the main one. On Wikipedia under Dutch caps or Dutch bonnets there is a photo of several Dutch costumes together. From: Adele Shaak Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:08 PM To: Vickie Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] Help with mystery lace bonnet Hi Vickie: "There are regional differences in the use of bonnets. Various methods of starching were used, as well as colours of starch. The points of the lace of the 'hul' were folded upwards when starched. After starching, they were set over a casque under which a small black cap was placed to conceal the hair." I hope somebody with far more knowledge of Dutch laces will comment. Adele PS: The teacher also said that for the average person lace was usually used just to trim a plain linen bonnet - and woe betide you if you trimmed your bonnet with a type of lace that was above your station in life - even if you made the lace yourself! On 2014-08-20, at 5:39 PM, Vickie wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have a friend that purchased a very old appearing, unusual lace bonnet > made with metallic thread from an eBay vender. > > Since I have never seen anything like it I turn to your wonderful knowledge > to help her guess at the age, style, and material etc. There are two heavy > metal balls hanging from two sides, possibly to provide weight to keep it on > when worn because the lace is very light weight she says. > Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/png which had a name of wlEmoticon-openmouthedsmile[1].png] - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
