Hat
Herbert Johnson
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile; Leather
Measurements
125 mm (Height) x 300 mm (Depth); 247 mm (Diameter)
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516968.1
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'.
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)
Marks and inscriptions
On label: 'Herbert Johnson, 38 Bond St, London W', 'By Aptment Hatters to the late King George VI' On leather sweatband: 'HRB'
Makers and roles
Herbert Johnson, tailor Herbert Johnson, outfitter