Digital Collections

Hat

Object/Artifact

Lady’s fedora or Alpine style hat with narrow, closely turned-up brim. Made of strips of translucent gray horsehair laid over with sky blue silk, ornamented with small straw flower heads and ‘embroidery.’ Brim lined with silk; half-lining of ivory net remains, minus the drawstring. Black elastic loop. Probably needs a plume.

G2008.048

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1870

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

HorsehairHat

Woman

Female

Lady

Fedora

Alpine

Horsehair

Silk

Straw flower

net

elastic

Hat

Woman

Female

Lady

Fedora

Alpine

Horsehair

Silk

Straw flower

net

elastic

Indiana

United States of America

North America

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