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Top Hatcirca 1850

Not on view
Museum mannequin displaying an early 19th-century men's formal ensemble: black double-breasted tailcoat, patterned waistcoat, cream trousers, with a walking cane and top hat
Title
Top Hat
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
circa 1850
Medium
Beaver fur with silk ribbon and cotton plain-weave trim
Dimensions
8 x 11 3/8 x 8 in. (20.32 x 28.96 x 33.02 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.2007.211.454
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.

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