Riding Hat
1910-1920 (made)
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This riding hat is from an important collection of riding outfits and accessories previously in Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The collection also includes a blue woollen jacket, an apron skirt, breeches, boots, cravats, gloves and various accessories. These are all items a fashionable woman would have worn in the 1920s for riding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Felted wool and beaver hair, with woven Petersham ribbon hat band and trimming; lined with silk satin and cotton twill, with elastic fastening |
| Brief description | Black felted wool bowler hat with a Petersham ribbon hat band and brim trimming, James Lock & Co., London, 1910-20 |
| Physical description | Black felted wool bowler hat with a Petersham ribbon hat band and brim trimming, lined with cream silk satin. It has a size adjuster inside made of beige cotton twill. The hat fastens under the chin with elastic. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support and assistance from the Friends of the V&A, and a number of private donors |
| Summary | This riding hat is from an important collection of riding outfits and accessories previously in Castle Howard, Yorkshire. The collection also includes a blue woollen jacket, an apron skirt, breeches, boots, cravats, gloves and various accessories. These are all items a fashionable woman would have worn in the 1920s for riding. |
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| Accession number | T.103:1-2003 |
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| Record created | January 20, 2004 |
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