Hat
1949 (made)
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Buckram picture hat, oyster shell shape, with black fine layered net with narrow circular rows of stitching. It has a small shallow crown with a wide brim at the front and sides and a narrow back, stiffened with two rows of wiring which is shaped into folds and curves. The base of the crown has a band which ties into a bow, with a spray of black osprey feathers, attached to the right side. Worn with two hat pins of steel approximately 3.75 inches long with a thistle shaped end of covered black net.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Buckram, net, stiffened with wire, steel and feathers |
| Brief description | Oyster shell-shaped buckram hat of fine layered net and osprey feathers, with two steel hat pins, made by Svend for Jacques Fath, Paris, 1949 |
| Physical description | Buckram picture hat, oyster shell shape, with black fine layered net with narrow circular rows of stitching. It has a small shallow crown with a wide brim at the front and sides and a narrow back, stiffened with two rows of wiring which is shaped into folds and curves. The base of the crown has a band which ties into a bow, with a spray of black osprey feathers, attached to the right side. Worn with two hat pins of steel approximately 3.75 inches long with a thistle shaped end of covered black net. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Jacques Fath / Paris' (Label, machine woven, brown and white) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Alexandra Trevor-Roper |
| Object history | The hat pins are shaped like thistles, which could allude to Lady Alexandra's Scottish links, as per her first marriage to Rear Admiral Clarence Dinsmore Howard-Johnston. (She married Trevor-Roper in 1954). She is known to have commissioned Fath to create a dress in the Johnston tartan in 1949. |
| Historical context | Lady Alexandra Trevor-Roper favoured Fath for her wardrobe, and contributed the large portion of the V&A's Fath collection. |
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| Accession number | T.188 to B-1974 |
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| Record created | January 12, 2006 |
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