Hat
Herbert Johnson [Bond St] Ltd
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile; Leather; Card
Measurements
125 mm (Height) x 300 mm (Depth); 247 mm (Diameter)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516968
Summary
Black felt bowler hat with black hat band. Label 'Herbert Johnson, 38 Bond St, London W', 'By Aptment Hatters to the late King George VI'. Picked out in dots on leather sweatband 'HRB'. In box addressed to Hon H.R. Broughton, Bakeham House, Englefield Green, Surrey', with Herbert Johnson label and postage 1/1'.
Provenance
Part of the Fairhaven Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1966 by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)
Makers and roles
Herbert Johnson [Bond St] Ltd, tailor Herbert Johnson [Bond St] Ltd, outfitter