Hat
c.1959 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Lightweight nylon or horsehair mesh hat covered in curls of lacquered raffia.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | horsehair, lacquered raffia |
| Brief description | Dolores. Lacquered raffia curls mounted on a lightweight horsehair net foundation. London, c.1959. |
| Physical description | Lightweight nylon or horsehair mesh hat covered in curls of lacquered raffia. |
| Object history | Photographs of the actor Tsai Chin modelling hats in Dolores’s London salon in 1959 show her wearing very similarly constructed hats to this. The photographs are part of the Mirrorpix archive. (DMC, 15/08/2024) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.1670-2017 |
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| Record created | August 18, 2017 |
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