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Top Hat

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-4481

Description

Men's opera hat; cylindrical beaver fur body with flat circular brim; patterned grosgrain ribbon band.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hats
headgear
silk (textile)
beavers (top hats)
Hat
Hat, Top
Hat, Top

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

1977.716.1

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Paris, France

Dimensions

8 1/8 x 12 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.716.2

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