Vintage calote, calotte or Juliet caps. Vintage hats 1920s-1940s.

Calotte hats are rounded and fit close to the head. The capulet hats are also known as a Juliet cap, as in Romeo and Juliet-- Juliet's last name was Capulet. The skullcaps were popular in the 1920s through the 1940s and were made with a variety of materials and styles. Sometimes the hat had a stem on center top, a veil or a snood.

Take a look at the at the calot in the vintage advertisement  for Chesterfield cigarettes --

Some calottes are listed in The Vintage Hat Shop-

1940s calotte with snood

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Brown calotte with back veil

1930s black calotte

Vintage capulet hat

Capulet- Small hat conforming to shape of head and placed back from brown, sometimes with cuffed brim in front.  ( also known as a Juliet Capulet, heroine of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet). Also known as a calotte or calote.
Straw capulet

Feather calotte

1930s calotte- wool and mohair! 

1940s capulet with snood