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Top Hat
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Silk plush stovepipe hat, quite straight. Narrow black grosgrain ribbon hatband in a modest bow. Flat brim edged with narrow grosgrain ribbon. Black leather sweatband, paper lining except white silk (?) brocade crown liner. 7.5”h x 7x7.5” crown. 2.25” brim.
G87.190
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Male
Headwear
Historic Costume
Top Hat
Male
cotton or silk plush
Grosgrain
Paper
circa 1850 - circa 1860
User Age: Adult Gender: Male
Makers Mark
Inside Top
"Denison, Williams & Co., / 15 & 17 Courtlandt St., NY"
English
Stamped
Hat
Top hat
Man
Male
Adult
Stovepipe
Silk
Grosgrain
Leather
Denison, Williams, and Co.
Hat
Top hat
Man
Male
Adult
Stovepipe
Silk
Grosgrain
Leather
Denison, Williams, and Co.
7-1/2 in
New York
United States of America
North America