A snood is a loosely woven net to contain the hair at the back of the neck. It descends from medieval hairnets made of gold and scattered with precious jewels. Mid-Victorian women of the 1850s and 1860s wore crocheted versions, often made at home.

Decorative hairnets, popular among women in the Victorian era, were referred to as snoods. This term was then applied to any netlike hat, and, in the 1930s, to a net bag headgear.

Covering the entire ear wasn’t as trendy as it was in the 1840s, but a partial covering was the norm. Corded silk snoods were a popular hair accessories for daywear, covering only the chignon / bun.

Therefore we find these Moorish themes occurring in jewellery and hair accessories through to the late Victorian period of the 1880s. Motifs such as the Algerian knot, looped chains, tassels and curiously shaped pendeloques appear in the so called Peigne d’Alger.

A rare example of headwear from the 18th century, the large size of this snood reflects the sizable, sometimes extremely large, hairstyles worn during the period.

Oct 25, 2011 · The snood – historically worn by European women – has a very long history, and the word is first recorded in Old English sometime around A.D. 725. Snoods were widely worn in the Middle Ages, and the term “snood” was applied …

During the Victorian era, hairnets worn for decoration were called snoods, and this term came to mean a netlike hat or part of a hat that caught the hair in the back. In the 1930s the name was given to a netlike bag worn at the back of a woman’s head to hold the hair.

Snood/Hairnet is about 17” for regular size, to 18” for full hair. My garments and dresses are made from authentic patterns, historical photographs, drawings or specific patterns from customer's …

Civil War and 19th Century Crocheted Reproduction Accessories from 1800's Godey's and Peterson's Magazine. Reproductions of origanl Hairnets or Snoods, Purses, Collars and more.

By the 1880s bonnets had vanished, and little jaunty hats replaced the early and mid Victorian styles. This was true of most types, including straw, which became little boaters, but the broad-brimmed straw sun hats never disappeared and are still favoured today.