Not currently on display at the V&A

Hat

ca. 1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's hat of blue machine stitched grosgrain. It has a low crown with a down turned squared off brim which is faced with white which forms a band reaching from brim to centre of crown. At the centre back there is a wedge-shaped double tap of white.

The hat is lined with white rayon.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Machine stitched grosgrain and rayon lining
Brief description
Woman's hat, grosgrain, Cécile Mode, Paris, France, ca. 1955
Physical description
Woman's hat of blue machine stitched grosgrain. It has a low crown with a down turned squared off brim which is faced with white which forms a band reaching from brim to centre of crown. At the centre back there is a wedge-shaped double tap of white.

The hat is lined with white rayon.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cécile Mode, Paris, Made in France' (On label stitched inside the headband)
  • 'No. 118' (Written on papel label stapled to the band.)
Credit line
Given by Walter, Webb and Baker
Collection
Accession number
T.82-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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