Hat
(c. 1944)

GEORGES, Melbourne (manufacturer and retailer)

Medium: felt, feathers
Measurements: 105.0 cm (outer circumference) 5.0 cm (height) 34.5 cm (width)
Place/s of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription: label, centre back inside crown, woven in black on white ground: Georges / COLLINS ST / MELBOURNE
Accession Number: D102-1975
Department: Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs Danster, 1975
Reproduction requests
Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Miniature or 'doll' hat in mauve felt with flat boater crown and wide brim. The hat is trimmed with five violet coloured ostrich plumes. Inside crown reinforced with mauve grosgrain ribbon. Looped green cotton thread sewn on one side of crown.