ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN PERIOD BLACK SILK TOP HAT

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ANTIQUE EDWARDIAN PERIOD BLACK SILK TOP HAT:
$99.99

1920\'S VERY FINE RIBBED SILK TOP HAT IN THE EDWARDIAN PERIOD STYLE IN MINT CONDITION. BOX INSERT WHICH HOLDS THE HAT IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION (SEE LAST PICTURE) BOX IS IN VERY RUFF SHAPE. SILK ORIGINALY FROM FACTORY IN FRANCE, BUT CREATED & PRODUCED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. SIZE: 6 7/8\" UK, SIZE 7\" USA. HAT WAS MADE BY LONDON\'S FINEST HATTERS. IT WAS CLEAR FROM EVERYTHING THAT THE HAT MAKER\'S TRADE - OBVIOUSLY PURE CRAFTMANSHIP REQUIRED THE NECESSARY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. EVERY WORKER HAD HIS OWN TASK IN THE HAT PRODUCTION PROCESS. FOR INSTANCE, ONLY THE MASTER TRADESMAN (FOREMAN) WAS PERMITTED TO CUT THE EXPENSIVE SILK.

THE BLACK SILK TOP HAT MADE FROM CHEESECLOTH, LINEN, FLANNEL AND SHELLAC. USING VARIOUS TYPES OF FLAT IRONS, THE SHELLAC WAS \"BAKED\" IN THE LINEN AROUND A FIVE-PIECE WOODEN HAT BLOCK AND COVERED WITH BLACK SILK PLUSH, WHICH CAME MOSTLY FROM FRANCE.THE HAT WAS FINISHED WITH A 2 1/2\" TO 3 CM WIDE CLOTH HATBAND, WHICH WAS LATER REPLACED BY ONE OF RIBBED SILK. LATER IN THE1890\'STHE TOP HAT ALSO RECEIVED A LARGER CROWN, WHICH APPEARED MORE TAILORED OR \"NIPPED IN\". IN THE 1920\'S HATS WERE AROUND 12 TO 13 CM IN HEIGHT.

THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS FEATURES A LION & UNICORN (SEE PICTURE). IN HERALDRY, THE LION IS A SYMBOL OF POWER. THE LION IS ENGLAND\'S SHIELD HOLDER. THE UNICORN SYMBOLISES FIGHTING SPIRIT AND BRAVERY AND IS SCOTLAND\'S SHIELD HOLDER. THE LION AND THE UNICORN ARE CONNECTED THROUGH A STORY. THE STORY RECORDS HOW THE LION IS THE ONLY CREATURE TO OVERCOME THE UNICORN THROUGH TRICKERY. THE LION STOOD IN FRONT OF A TREE AND UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY WHEN THE UNICORN ATTACKED IT. THE UNICORN CONSEQUENTLY EMBEDDED ITS HORN IN THE TREE.