Womens fur hat. The fur is probably sable or of the sable family and is long with various shades of dark brown, shiny hairs and a lighter brown under fur. The hat is rounded like a bowler hat and has a brim that is turned up all the way around it. The inside lined in black silk and ahs a black label with white stitching on the underside of the crown.
hats
fur
silk (textile)
Hat
"JACKSON & CO. / 126 TREMONT ST. / BOSTON" (Black label with white stitching)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P970
Jackson & Co. (Manufacturer)
5 2/16 (H), 8 5/16 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1390
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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