ANTIQUE VICTORIAN WIDE BRIM OPENWORK WOVEN LACE STRAW HAT VELVET RIBBON FLOWERS

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ANTIQUE VICTORIAN WIDE BRIM OPENWORK WOVEN LACE STRAW HAT VELVET RIBBON FLOWERS:
$450.00

ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING FIND!
THIS IS A WONDERFUL ANTIQUE VICTORIAN EDWARDIAN WIDE BRIM OPENWORK WOVEN STRAW HAT. THE WORKMANSHIP IS ASTOUNDING WITH TIGHTLY WOVEN AND INTRICATE DETAIL IN THE MANY LOOPS, CIRCLES AND WAVES....IT LOOKS LIKE A FINE PIECE OF \"STRAW LACE\". THE HAT IS ACCENTED BY VELVET MILLINARY FLOWERS IN BLACK, BLUE AND A GOLDEN YELLOW AND A BLACK VELVET RIBBON WHICH IS INTERTWINED IN THE BRIM. PERHAPS THIS WAS A WEDDING HAT AS THE WEDDING GOWN OF EARLY YESTERYEAR WAS MANY TIMES BLACK.THE BRIM MEASURES 4 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND THE HAT CROWN STANDS APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES HIGH.THIS EXQUISITE PIECE IS IN REMARKABLE CONDITION WITH ONLY A SLIGHT SEPARATION NEAR ONE OF THE \"WAVES\" AND ONE AREA WHERE PART OF THE \"WAVE\" IS MISSING. (SEE PHOTOS) JUST AN AMAZING PIECE OF HISTORY......MUSEUM QUALITY IN MY OPINION!I ALSO HAVE WONDERFUL VICTORIAN FRENCH BEADED SILK TRIM LISTED FROM THE SAME ESTATE. PERHAPS THIS TRIM WAS FROM THE WEDDING GOWN....AS IT WAS TOO FANCY AND DETAILED TO BE FROM MOURNING ATTIRE.