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Hat

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's bicorn hat in black silk trimmed with a silk button, black silk braid and a pleated silk cockade. High and semi-circular with one brim wider than the other. Trimmed with a loop of plaited silk braid stitched around a black silk covered button and over a stitched black grosgrain bow with van dyked edges. Lined with black silk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, lined
Brief description
Man's bicorn silk hat, possibly made in Great Britain or France, ca. 1800
Physical description
Man's bicorn hat in black silk trimmed with a silk button, black silk braid and a pleated silk cockade. High and semi-circular with one brim wider than the other. Trimmed with a loop of plaited silk braid stitched around a black silk covered button and over a stitched black grosgrain bow with van dyked edges. Lined with black silk.
Credit line
Given by Miss O. Matthews
Collection
Accession number
T.106-1968

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Record createdMay 7, 2009
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