Top hat
James Lock & Co. Ltd
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk, wool, leather and card.
Measurements
H 147mm x D 292mm (max.)
Place of origin
London
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Florence Court, County Fermanagh
NT 630562
Summary
Top Hat, black silk in original box of James Lock and Co Ltd, London. The top hat is black with a smooth silk satin surface trimmed with a black wool baize band around the base; the hat rim edge is trimmed with black ribbed silk ribbon and the underside is covered with black wool satin fabric. The hat has a card interior, providing rigidity. Pale beige, leather headband with silk cord. Inside hat lined with white silk satin with maker's stamp Lock & Co.
Makers and roles
James Lock & Co. Ltd, hatter