The hat update is very short....I can not decide just how to decorate the two hats I just made. So that project just have to bake a bit.
So I am still researching and decided to pull out two very old hats to see if I could be inspired by them. Years ago, on a vacation to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about 25 years ago, I found this black hat at an antique fair. I think maybe this hat dates to the 1880s, but really don't know for sure. At that time, it was a great place to find old treasures.
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| Looking from front to back |
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| From the back looking forward to front |
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| The hat's left side |
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| Showing the underneath, the lining |
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| Along the front/side bottom edge while upside down |
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| The milliner's mark "Mrs F. Herest, Reading, PA.. 12 N 9th St." |
The base on this hat is shiny like an oil cloth. It does have a more open weave and stiffness though.
And, here is a second little hat. This one I found at an Antique Show in San Fransico about 20 years ago. It is very delicate, netting on a wire frame with a lavender velvet trim and a strip of beaded decoration. It also has a crochet or tatting edge under the lavender edge. This hat, I think, may date to the Civil War period, but again, I don't know for sure.
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| From the front |
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| The right side |
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| The back |
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| The left side showing the beaded strip of decoration |
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| The underneath showing the wire base |
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| A close-up from underneath showing white basting thread holding on lavender ribbon to wire frame. |
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