Hat

Title:

Military Hat

Object Name:

Hat

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

circa1800

Material:

Felt, leather, string

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches

Description:

Military hat in the Bicorne style. The hat is made of black cloth with two large arched flaps that stand straight up on the head and come to a point at each side. The front flap has a decorative ribbon sewn down the middle. There is a leather lining on the inside. This lining has a string around the top edge to allow the hat to be adjusted for fit.

Provenance:

Unknown provenance.

The Bicorne is a style of hat widely adopted in the 1790s as part of the military uniform used by European and American military and naval officers.
The bicorne had a broad brim, with the front and the rear halves turned up and pinned together, forming a semi-circular fan shape; there was usually a cockade in the national colours at the front. It was worn in the side-to-side "athwart" style during the 1790s, but the bicorne was normally seen fore-and-aft in most armies and navies from about 1800 on. This style of hat was worn up until the first World War in formal military uniform.

Subjects:

Hats, Military uniforms, Fashion

Place of Origin:

Possibly Great Britian

Collection Name:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Item Number:

2008.022

Accession Number:

2008.022

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Credit Line:

American Independence Museum

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum