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Woman's Hat
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Woman's Hat

Date1900-1910
MediumMachine-stitched and hand-stitched feathers, velvet, silk
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x diameter): 11 1/4 x 9 x 1 1/2in. (28.6 x 22.9 x 3.8cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Annetta Eddy Brigham
DescriptionThis shallow hat is pointed at the front and decorated with various kinds of feathers. The base of the hat is constructed from a black plain-woven silk. The brim is lined in brown velvet. Feathers, dyed different shades of brown and purple, along with white, completely cover the black velvet crown. The brown turned-up brim is only visible at the side and front/back tips of the hat. The underside of the crown is lined in black silk and has a small black silk braided bow on the interior center back of the crown.
Object number2001.49.34
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Bequest of Martha R. Lambert, 1979.68.774  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Unknown
about 1885-1888
Carolyn Brewster Taylor
about 1900
Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1995.30.32  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Borsalino
about 1940
Gift of Mrs. Richard Koopman, 1995.30.33  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Lock & Co.
1940-1960
Gift of Annetta Eddy Brigham, 2001.49.17  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Doane S. Peirce
about 1950s
Gift of Mrs. Constance Adams, 1995.48.4, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Mrs. Constance Adams
about 1960
Man's Uniform Chapeau Bras
General Alfred Howe Terry
1872