A short, oval brim with a tall stovepipe crown with flat top; black satin ribbon at base of crown with a silver buckle; lined with green, brown, white and rouge striped silk fabric and black leather inner band (all black exterior).
top hats
headgear
beaver (animal)
skin (collagenous material)
napping
brushwork
Beaver
Brushed
HAT, TOP
There is a printed label on the undercrown: ""P.K. Remick/ maker/Newburyport Ma""
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
7.25 x 9.25 x 10.5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1615
Massachusetts (United States)
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