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Wedding Hat

1947 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hats were one of the few unrationed commodities during the gloom and deprivation of World War II and its aftermath. They were often highly decorative. This pretty hat was worn just once by the donor's mother for her wedding day on 12 July 1947.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Ostrich feathers, velvet
Brief description
Wedding hat with light blue ostrich feathers and pink velvet roses on tulle, Paul Walser Ltd (Reslaw), Great Britain, 1947.
Physical description
Wedding hat with light blue ostrich feathers and pink velvet roses on tulle.
Gallery label
(1997)
Hats were one of the few unrationed commodities during the gloom and deprivation of World War II and its aftermath. They were often highly decorative. This pretty hat was worn just once by the donor's mother for her wedding day on 12 July 1947.
Credit line
Given by Mrs E.M. Northover
Object history
This pretty hat was worn just once by the donor's mother, for her wedding day to Alex Lower on July 12, 1947.

Registered File number 1995/2412.
Summary
Hats were one of the few unrationed commodities during the gloom and deprivation of World War II and its aftermath. They were often highly decorative. This pretty hat was worn just once by the donor's mother for her wedding day on 12 July 1947.
Collection
Accession number
T.42-1996

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2003
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