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Hat

ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Grey straw hat with a high crown and oval brim trimmed with a wired bow in grey silk taffeta with a black-and-white checked border. Pleated silk under the brim, brown tulle and a black velvet band just inside the crown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Straw, lined with silk, tulle, velvet, trimmed with wired silk taffeta
Brief description
Straw hat with silk taffeta, velvet and tulle, retailed by Woolland Bros., London, ca. 1910
Physical description
Grey straw hat with a high crown and oval brim trimmed with a wired bow in grey silk taffeta with a black-and-white checked border. Pleated silk under the brim, brown tulle and a black velvet band just inside the crown.
Marks and inscriptions
MODES / Woolland Bros, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 Lowndes Terrace, LONDON, S.W. (Label inside hat)
Object history
Worn by Miss Heather Firbank
Collection
Accession number
T.120-1960

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Record createdJanuary 3, 2008
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