Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Hat

Entry/Object ID

CW 2969

Description

Women's straw hat. Three concentric rings of wire covered in beige silk, held together with cream net. Rosettes of narrow straw woven band encircle each wire wing. Between each rosette is a cluster of small black beads. Front has two artificial, cream "mum" flowers, one at back right. Black band of velvet ribbon at center back with two streams. Crown of hat is all net with two bunches of round shiny straw "berries" extended from back center. Two stems of cream lily of the valley flowers, green leaves.

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Wire, Mesh, Silk, Chip, Velvet

Color

White, Brown, Black

Made/Created

Date made

1880

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Transcription

"NY & Paris / Ryland"

Notes

Difficult to read. Rectangular tan silky selvage edge, dark golden print. Label is gathered and folded with hand stitches, making illegible

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall Hat

Height

2-1/4 in

Width

7 in

Length

6 in

Dimension Notes

Crown front to back diameter is 4-1/4 in; side to side diameter is 3-1/2 in.

Provenance

Notes

Label Fifth Ave NY & Paris Rulana?