Miniature Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Miniature Hat

Entry/Object ID

GHS 224

Description

Miniature men’s brown felted hat. Trimmed with brown grosgrain ribbon. Leather sweat band. Made by Thomas Mare (father of Nathan Marple, 5325 Germantown Ave.) when apprentice to Joseph Greene, the garter whose shop was on Germantown Ave. above School House Lane. The present site of the house of George Wills paper-haugher.

Made/Created

Artist

Thomas Marple

Date made

circa 1810

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Depth

5 in