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Hat
Maker: Merimac Hat Corp. (American)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Textile History Museum—Peggy Cone Collection
Accession Number2017.940
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionHat; brown felt hat with scalloped brim accented with center front bow and brown veil netting. Crown is depressed around the edges of the crown, but is upright at the center. A long thin strip of brown felt wraps around the base of the crown for a hat band. Above it at the center front, another long thin strip of brown felt is tied into a bow. The tails of the bow are twisted into spirals. The edge of the brim is accented with ovals folded in half to produce a scalloped effect in the front and sides. Brown netting is attached half an inch from the center back on both sides at the brown felt hat band and is draped across the brim sides and front and covers the face. Brown grosgrain sweatband and black elastic strap. Good condition.
ProvenanceGift of the Peggy Cone Collection, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA; 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)