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Art Deco Beaded Net Flapper Evening Cloche Circa 1920s An exceptional beaded flapper evening cloche of the 1920's is worked on a base of net with a partial gold lame lining. Cording of silk and metallic thread has been used to further accent the beading. Sold! |
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Liberty & Co. London Velvet Flapper Cloche with Heart Motifs Concentric rows of stitching creates heart motifs on this 1920s Liberty & Co., silk velvet cloche. The stitching is carried across the narrow brim and a self band is decorated on the right side with a rhinestone encrusted pin. |
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Scott & Co. London Label Top Hat Bullitt Provenance Made by Scott & Co. of Old Bond Street, Piccadilly for William C. Bullitt (WCB) who was US Ambassador to Russia from 1933 - 1936 and Ambassador to France from 1936 - 1940. |
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Inspired Edwardian Straw Hat with Cabbage Roses This spectacular spring hat of pink straw is trimmed with huge cabbage roses, leaves and black velvet ribbons. Circa 1900 - 1910. Sold! |
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1940s Ladies Fedora Knox Voyageur Braided Trim This Knox Voyageur conjures images of Ingrid Bergman in the 1943 film Casablanca, even the name of the hat, Voyageur, is evocative of travel to exotic places. |
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Spectacular Edwardian Wide Brim Straw Hat This Edwardian hat dates to the Titanic era sometime between 1908 and 1912. Made of elaborately woven natural straw over a wired frame. The crown is wrapped in a swath of ivory silk, bowed at the back. The brim is further adorned with silk and velvet flowers in shades of yellow, ivory and cream and includes sweet peas and roses. Sold! |
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Immense Edwardian Wide Brim Bushel Basket Hat with Metallic Lace This Edwardian period straw hat dates between 1908 and 1912. With an enormous straw crown and brim made to perch atop an upswept hair style, the hat is simply decorated with fuchsia silk ribbon wrapping the crown and forming a large bow at the back. The brim is covered with metallic embroidered tulle lace that is further embellished with pink crepe paper rose buds applied in rows across the brim. |
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Colorful 1920's Lame, Velvet & Feather Cloche Art Deco to the core! Made of a colorful lame fabric the crown is wrapped with brown velvet and adorned at the side with brown ostrich feather panache. |
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Extravagant Edwardian Beaver Plush Hat with Ribbons & Roses This fur plush hat circa 1910 is a real gem! The crown is wrapped with an off white watered silk ribbon that measures 4" wide and forms a huge bow trimmed with a large jet beaded "buckle" at its center. Sold! |
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Navy Straw Brimmed Cloche with Orange Blossoms This straw cloche is in excellent condition and a nice example of 1920's millinery style. It is simple yet elegant with it's brim shaped with artful folds, center front and back with a well placed decoration of orange blossoms. |
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Elaborate 1880s Evening Toque Bonnet This elaborate confection dates to the late 1880s or early 1890s. It is an evening bonnet that would have been perched atop an upswept hairstyle and meant to be more decoration than a purposeful head covering. |
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Fancy Victorian Lady's Toque Bonnet Circa 1890s An exuberant combination of materials make up this wonderful 1890s Lady's hat. Metallic lace, woven straw and chenille as well as silk flowers, ribbons and ostrich tips make for a fanciful bit of finery. |
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1880s Victorian Lady's Hat Stearns, Boston Label Dating to the 1880s, this lovely velvet hat from R. H. Stearns in Boston was meant more as decoration than it was as protection from the weather. Rich brown velvet is decorated with lavender and yellow violets under a crown of a matching velvet bow and large black glass, jet buckle. |
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Colorful Silk Winter Bonnet Circa 1860's This mid 19th century silk bonnet is one of the prettiest, most colorful that I've seen. It is made from pewter gray silk with pink and copper overtones and stipes in blue purple and light gray. |
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Early 19th Century Summer Calash Bonnet Calash Bonnets were popular from about 1770 through 1830 or so, and were designed to protect the towering hairdos that were popular during that period. |
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