Not currently on display at the V&A

Hat

1937-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Deep red leather percher hat, small pork-pie crown and rolled brim embossed with parallel waving lines. A tailored red leather bow with two small streamers just hanging over the brim, is attached to the top crown at the back. White sparterie forms the shape. The inner head band is red petersham ribbon.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Leather, part embossed
Brief description
Leather hat, Marshall and Snelgrove, London, 1937-1939
Physical description
Deep red leather percher hat, small pork-pie crown and rolled brim embossed with parallel waving lines. A tailored red leather bow with two small streamers just hanging over the brim, is attached to the top crown at the back. White sparterie forms the shape. The inner head band is red petersham ribbon.
Marks and inscriptions
'Marshall & Snelgrove Harrogate' (Pale blue on faded beige label woven into the hat)
Object history
Worn by Doris Langley Moore, the founder of the Museum of Costume, Bath (now known as the Fashion Museum)
Collection
Accession number
T.105-1980

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Record createdOctober 4, 2007
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