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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Fashion, Room 40

Hat

ca. 1908 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wide-brimmed cream straw hat with velvet facing under the brim and a wreath of silk pink roses and leaves around the wide shallow crown. The crown has an adjustable gathered white silk inner lining and inside the crown a machine embroidered label.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Straw, faced with velvet, silk, lined
Brief description
Wide-brimmed straw hat with silk flowers, Woolland Bros., England, ca. 1908
Physical description
Wide-brimmed cream straw hat with velvet facing under the brim and a wreath of silk pink roses and leaves around the wide shallow crown. The crown has an adjustable gathered white silk inner lining and inside the crown a machine embroidered label.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 53.5cm (Note: Maximum diameter)
  • Height: 14.5cm (Note: Maximum height)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Modes Woolland Bros 95, 97, 101, 105, 107 Knightsbridge London SW [with crest] (On white and gold label, inside the crown)
  • Transliteration
Object history
Worn by Miss Heather Firbank
Collection
Accession number
T.103-1960

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Record createdJanuary 3, 2008
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