Hat
1937-1939 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Woven coarse red straw hat with a low, softly curved crown and a wide asymmetrical brim upturned on the right and twisted into an Z shape on the left. The crown is decorated with a row of five wide red, pink & peach velvet ribbon bows. Their end are twisted and decorate the back of the hat and terminate in short streamers. Narrow black petersham ribbon inner headband has a pale blue on beige woven label . Hat is secured by a strap of black tubular elastic.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Straw trimmed with velvet ribbons |
| Brief description | Straw hat, London, 1937-1939 |
| Physical description | Woven coarse red straw hat with a low, softly curved crown and a wide asymmetrical brim upturned on the right and twisted into an Z shape on the left. The crown is decorated with a row of five wide red, pink & peach velvet ribbon bows. Their end are twisted and decorate the back of the hat and terminate in short streamers. Narrow black petersham ribbon inner headband has a pale blue on beige woven label . Hat is secured by a strap of black tubular elastic. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Marshall & Snelgrove, Harrogate' (Label inside 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.108-1980 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2009 |
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