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Women's hat

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-191390

Description

Women’s 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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hats
fur
silk (textile)
Hat

Inscription

"JACKSON & CO. / 126 TREMONT ST. / BOSTON" (Black label with white stitching)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P970

Maker

Jackson & Co. (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

5 2/16 (H), 8 5/16 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1390

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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