Hat
1950s (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Navy blue plush and darkest purple-black velvet heart-shaped hat. The velvet is stitched to the hat under the brim and then twisted and ruched down the centre of the crown.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plush and velvet |
| Brief description | Plush and velvet hat, designed by Christian Dior, Paris, 1950s |
| Physical description | Navy blue plush and darkest purple-black velvet heart-shaped hat. The velvet is stitched to the hat under the brim and then twisted and ruched down the centre of the crown. |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs D.M. Haynes and Mrs M. Clark |
| Object history | Opal Holt was born in Canada in 1887 but lived in the US until the end of the Second World War. She travelled extensively between the wars and was in the first plane to land in Bali. She married Herbert Holt, a Canadian who lived a large part of his life in England, as her third husband in 1946. They came to England and Europe every summer and Opal Holt began buying clothes in Paris for her life in England, and for the Bahamas in Winter, over a period of about thirty years. She died in 1980. Given by Mrs D.M Haynes and Mrs. Clark (nee Holt; Opal Holt's step-daughters). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.160-1982 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2007 |
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