frualeydis | Tudor hood question n:o 1984632 (Reply)

Or something like that:

I have just finished a wired coif in pale gold silk with a pleated strip of the same fabric. The next step is the veil so here comes the question:
Today we almost always see them in black velvet, but do we have any sources to what they were made of?
Was it velvet?
Was it always velvet?

Since the coif is hand sewn from all period materials (including hand woven linen twill) it would be nice to use period materials for the veil too, but I will never find 100% silk velvet, at least not that I can afford. I have nice thick black silk satin, in fact I used it for the veil on my first (and this far; only) french hood, but was satin ever used for this? or could one use taffeta?

Does anybody know? I have neither the access to nor the time to look through english written sources from the first half of the 16th century, but maybe somebody already has done that. At least I'm hoping.