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Top Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Man’s top hat made of thin gray fur felt. About 7.25” high with a thin, flat 3” brim with the sides very dramatically upcurved. Tan grosgrain hatband, .75” wide, with folded ends at one side; matching ribbon binding almost entirely worn away. Inside is a tan leather sweatband with fine silk braid drawstring; thin, coarse buckram above that, and the remains of a thin, embossed silk top lining, revealing a cardboard liner. From the front, the crown is slightly wider at the top. The bottom is oval, the top round.

G2009.021

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Male

Headwear

Historic Costume

Top Hat

Male

Fur

Fur

felt

leather

buckram

cardboard

Silk

Gray

1825 - 1840

7-1/4 in

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