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Evening Hat

Autumn/Winter 1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Small evening hat, cut close to the head in a beret style. Densely and richly covered in dark and light purple sequins, silvered bugle beads, and paste gems. The edge is trimmed with dark blue velvet over a wired frame. Inside the hat is stiffened with an inner brim of straw covered with stiff, white silk. The decorative beads, etc. are stitched onto a single layer of the same white silk.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Hat
  • Hat Pin
Materials and techniques
Velvet with glass beads, sequins and paste gems
Brief description
Evening Hat, Rébé, Paris, France, Autumn/Winter 1964
Physical description
Small evening hat, cut close to the head in a beret style. Densely and richly covered in dark and light purple sequins, silvered bugle beads, and paste gems. The edge is trimmed with dark blue velvet over a wired frame. Inside the hat is stiffened with an inner brim of straw covered with stiff, white silk. The decorative beads, etc. are stitched onto a single layer of the same white silk.
Production typeHaute couture
Credit line
Given by Miss Catherine Hunt
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971 no. 216
Collection
Accession number
T.111-1970

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Record createdApril 16, 2009
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