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Duvert
Man's Top Hatcirca 1815

Not on view
Museum mannequin dressed in early 19th-century men's ensemble: navy double-breasted tailcoat with gold buttons, ivory breeches, black top hat, and black cane
Mannequin dressed in early 19th-century men's ensemble: navy blue tailcoat with gold buttons, patterned waistcoat, white fitted trousers, black top hat, and black flat shoes, holding a dark walking cane.
Early 19th-century men's ensemble displayed on a white mannequin: dark brown double-breasted tailcoat with velvet collar, cream trousers, white cravat, black top hat, black flat shoes, and a walking cane held in one hand.
Maker
Duvert
France, active 19th century
Title
Man's Top Hat
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
circa 1815
Medium
Silk plush b. Cardboard, painted
Dimensions
Hat overall: 8 7/8 x 9 x 10 5/8 in. (22.5425 x 22.86 x 26.9875 cm); Box overall: 12 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (31.115 x 27.305 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.2007.211.827a-b
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.