Top hat
Category
Costume
Date
1900 - 1999
Materials
Card, crepe, wool and leather
Measurements
160 mm (H)
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1152203
Summary
Top hat. A 20th century decorated grey top hat. Made of grey wool with a lining of brown leather and card and with an indistinct label reading '[....] London [....]'. Trimmed with green, white, red, yellow, blue turquoise and pink crepe paper flowers. The crown is split.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
On the inside leather headband : [A round coat of arms (indistinct) surmounted by a crown] / [In a roundel around the coat of arms] CHRISTY LONDON