Hat

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Hat

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.453

Description

Hat (Chapeau bras): black felt, with red silk lining, binding, applied gilt and black rosette; stamped label: "PIERRE TELLER/HATTER/No. 70 Chatham(?)St./N.YORK"

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Silk, Wool

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Pierre Teller

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: c. 1800 Date made: r. 1700 - 1799

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

18 in

Width

12-1/2 in

Depth

8-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 18 x 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (45.7 x 31.8 x 21 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Heavy moth damage.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family, TELLER, PIERRE

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

A "chapeau bras" ("hat-arm") refers to the cocked style in which the hat brims are folded up, making the flat hat easy to carry under the arm; this is an evolution from the tricorne. It was worn with the width of the hat extending from ear to ear (see portraits of Horatio Nelson and Napolean Bonaparte), later to evolve into the nose-to-back-of-head orientation, seen in later US naval uniforms [Jessa J. Krick, Assoc. Director of Collections, 9/4/2019].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Van Cortlandt family possession

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 04A