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Hat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1900

GUSN

GUSN-11986

Description

Yellow crinkled silk hat with low, depressed crown decorated with a silk flower at center and beige fuzzy spider legs. Large yellow petals over crown and brim. Wide brim is stiffened and a portion is upturned. Crown is lined with white silk.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hats
headgear
stitching
rayon
silk (textile)
wire
Hat
Women's clothing
Silk
Rayon
Wire
Hand Stitched
Hat

Inscription

Printed paper tag, in ink: ""3793"" [printed in frame] ""Liberty/ Art Fabrics [flower]/ Registered Trade Mark."" [in ink] ""20.f"" [Printed] ""38 Avenue de l'Opera."" Gilt letters stamped in crown: ""Liberty & Co., Ltd./ 38 AVENUE DE L'OPERA/ PARIS"" (printed)

Additional Identification Number

414
WHS 357-A

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 14 x 12 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.292

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