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Pinkham & Co.
Man's Top Hatcirca 1870

Not on view
Museum display of a complete 19th-century men's formal ensemble — top hat, frock coat, waistcoat, striped trousers, and cane — on a white mannequin
Dark wool tailcoat displayed on a white mannequin, photographed from behind, with silk-faced lapels, fitted waist seams, and contrast-edged tails; accessorized with a black top hat, white gloves, and a cane.
Maker
Pinkham & Co.
United States, Massachusettes, Boston
Title
Man's Top Hat
Place Made
United States, Massachussetts, Boston
Date Made
circa 1870
Medium
Rabbit fur and silk plain weave, felted, with silk plain weave (grosgrain)
Dimensions
7 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (18.1 x 26.67 x 30.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.453
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.