Woman's Hat, black silk

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  • England
  • 1770-1780
  • Black ribbed silk, boned brim with baleen stays.
  • 1993-335

This rare hat has a puffed crown and bill stiffened with baleen stays. Hats of this style were fashionable in the 1770s and 1780s.

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