A rare find! This period child's hat from the 1920s is as elaborate
as any mother might have worn. The peach silk fabric is woven with
floral sprigs and a lattice pattern of metallic thread. The hat is
further trimmed with silver metallic lace and dark mink, then edged
with delicate floral hand made lace which is also used as a chin strap
to keep the hat from falling off. It snaps to one side.
My Favorite Things
1920's Liberty & Co., London Velvet Cloche
A fashionable yet sporty 1920's velvet flapper cloche from Liberty & Company of Regent Street, London. Liberty has been known for their fashionable clothing well before their floral prints. This fitted 20s hat is made of soft green velvet with rows of machine stitching forming a plaid pattern across the crown and concentric circles around the brim which can be worn turned up in the back or down.
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Recommended Reading
Harold Koda: Poiret (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)
Jonathan Walford: The Seductive Shoe: Four Centuries of Fashion Footwear
18th Century Costume in the National Museums and Galleries of Mersyside
Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900
Dangerous Liasons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America
From Paris to Providence, Fashion, Art and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947
Style & Splendor: The Wardrobe of Queen Maud of Norway 1896-1938
