Capotain

A capotain, capatain or copotain is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical "sugarloaf" hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, the crown was flat at the top. It has been theorised that the capotain inspired the top hat. * England, 1592(Portrait of an Unknown Lady, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder) * England, 1600s(Detail from a contemporary engraving of the Gunpowder Plotters) * Holland, 1615 (Elegant Couples Courting by Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech) * *

Capotain

A capotain, capatain or copotain is a tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical "sugarloaf" hat, usually black, worn by men and women from the 1590s into the mid-seventeenth century in England and northwestern Europe. Earlier capotains had rounded crowns; later, the crown was flat at the top. It has been theorised that the capotain inspired the top hat. * England, 1592(Portrait of an Unknown Lady, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder) * England, 1600s(Detail from a contemporary engraving of the Gunpowder Plotters) * Holland, 1615 (Elegant Couples Courting by Willem Pieterszoon Buytewech) * *