On my last volunteer session at the Canadian Costume Museum of Canada I saw this Edwardian hat that caught my eye.
I don’t recall the exact date on this but I think it is early 1900’s.
It is a mixture of velvet lace and fur. Obviously, a winter hat.
The lace is quite lovely don’t you think.
They have done this odd thing with the fur-wired it so that clumps of it stand up (left side of the photo).
But that isn’t the oddest thing.
I’m not 100% sure what the front of the hat is. I think it is the first photograph in this post. That would put the above vicious face right near the wearers left eye. Imagine having that in you peripheral vision!
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