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Collections

Duvert
Top Hatcirca 1815

Not on view
Museum mannequin dressed in an early 19th-century men's ensemble: dark brown double-breasted tailcoat, cream trousers, black top hat, and black flat shoes, holding a walking cane
Maker
Duvert
France, active 19th century
Title
Top Hat
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
circa 1815
Medium
Silk plush
Dimensions
Hat overall: 8 7/8 x 9 x 10 5/8 in. (22.5425 x 22.86 x 26.9875 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
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Örmen, Catherine. L'Art de la Mode. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015.
  • 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.