Hat
Henry Heath, hatmakers
Category
Costume
Date
1822
Materials
Textile, Leather
Measurements
110 mm (Height); 440 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Oxford Street
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338758
Summary
Wide brimmed Sombrero type hat covered with black hide around rim and centre is gold braid. Inside lined with crimson satin stamped with gold maker's mark reading 'H. HEATH MANUFACTURED ESTABLISHED 1822. 393 Oxford Street, London'. Leather headband.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside lining: 'H. HEATH MANUFACTURED ESTABLISHED 1822. 393 Oxford Street, London'
Makers and roles
Henry Heath, hatmakers, hatters