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Black wool pillbox; large navy blue velvet button and velvet band; brown cloth sweatband; crown lined with blue paper.
hats
headgear
felt (textile)
molding (forming)
velvet (fabric weave)
wool (textile)
Hat
Hat
Printed label in paper lining: [scene of 2 beavers building dam w/ mountains in background] ""Q & L"" [on piece of hood]; [beneath beavers are 2 pairs of coins w/ images of Empress Eugenie & Emperor Napoleon III - on left:] ""PRIZE MEDAL/ 1851"" [on right:] ""CLASSE/ 1855""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.7170
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