Hat
1949 (made)
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Asymmetrically draped and folded black felt hat worn over one eye, trimmed with black silk satin appliqué
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | wool felt with silk appliqué |
| Brief description | Hat, Madame Lyllet Rivière, United States, 1949. |
| Physical description | Asymmetrically draped and folded black felt hat worn over one eye, trimmed with black silk satin appliqué |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Werner Abegg |
| Object history | This hat is identical in construction/form to T.115-1978. When these hats were examined by a visiting milliner in April 2009, she concluded that they were definitely made by the same millliner, Madame Lylett Rivière (the designer of T.115-1978 and other hats from the same donation). This hat had previously been attributed to Antoine of Zurich, who designed the suit worn with the hat, which was made by Madame Lylett Rivière who had establishments in both Paris and New York. The hat was worn and donated by American-born Mrs Margaret Abegg who together with her husband Werner founded the Abegg-Stiftung, a leading historical textile collection near Berne in Switzerland. |
| Associated object | T.115-1978 (Colourway) |
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| Accession number | T.108E-1978 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2009 |
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