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Top Hat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Beaver top hat with a non-original cardboard body interior. Fabric-bound edging on the brim and under the brim facing. Grosgrain black ribbon around the hat. Slightly tapered in the center of the "pipe."
2019.11.1
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Male
Headwear
Historic Costume
Top Hat
Male
Animal Hair
Beaver
Grosgrain
1840 - 1849
Fashion
Men
Erie Canal
Top Hat
Beaver
Erie Canal (N.Y.) --History
Height of pipe: 6 3/4" Brim Radius: 10 1/2" + 12" Crown Radius: 6 1/2" + 7 1/2" Pipe Circumfrance: Crown : 22" Center: 21 7/8" Brim: 22 1/2" Brim Depth: 1 3/4"
Austin, Henry