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Top Hat

1875-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Pittock (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Top hat made of black silk plush. Medium high and tapers very slightly towards the crown. The convexity of the crown is very slight. The brim is narrow and curved up at the sides. It is faced on the underside with felt and bound with black silk ribbon. The band is wide and made of black felt. The hat band is of beige leather with a white silk ribbon for adjustment. The crown is lined with white satin and the top with white watered silk on which is printed the Royal coats of arms and a shield shaped motif within which is printed 'Wm. PITTOCK, tailor and hatter, DEAL'.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Men's Clothes
Accessories
Hats & Headwear
Leather
Europeana Fashion Project
Interiors
Household Objects
Shekou
Values of Design
Design Society
Object type
Top hat
Materials and techniques
Silk plush, faced with felt, bound with silk ribbon, leather, lined with satin
Silk Plush
Brief description
Top hat made of silk plush, made by William Pittock, England, 1875-1899
Physical description
Top hat made of black silk plush. Medium high and tapers very slightly towards the crown. The convexity of the crown is very slight. The brim is narrow and curved up at the sides. It is faced on the underside with felt and bound with black silk ribbon. The band is wide and made of black felt. The hat band is of beige leather with a white silk ribbon for adjustment. The crown is lined with white satin and the top with white watered silk on which is printed the Royal coats of arms and a shield shaped motif within which is printed 'Wm. PITTOCK, tailor and hatter, DEAL'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 190mm
  • Width: 99mm
  • Depth: 225mm
Marks and inscriptions
'Wm. PITTOCK, tailor and hatter, DEAL' (Printed in a shield shaped motif on silk lining)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss E. J. Bowden
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.236-1968

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O357657/top-hat-william-pittock/
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