Antique velvet cloche style hat with vermicelli. I don’t know the. Era of this hat, but it is from a. Of Victorian and Turn of the Century hats from Paris and England. I know nothing more about it if this hat could. But it is certainly a hat for a woman of means, I think, or the best and favorite hat of a working woman like Mrs. Hughes from Downton Abbey, as it was very well worn. It has Viennese styling, Italian styling, & high British styling, and it’s stunning. Wear this as a Titanic era costume, as a period piece in a play or TV drama, or use it as an inspiration for your antique millinery fantasies. The interior shows wear, see images, but a collector will know how to deal with this hat. There are no labels or sizing cues, but I will measure to the best of my ability. 7-1/2″ to 8″ from front to back (it has a stretch to the crown); 6″ to 6.5″ side to side; 5 tall. Label: no label in this hat. Size: no size tag but I will give best. Fabric: velvet & embroidery trims. Cond; interior shows wear (see images); exterior as well; some dirt marks, wear to the velvet, but overall this hat, while shabby, is chic! I have lived in NYC for 30 years since the late 80s and have been in and around fashion and retail for decades. I started my career in New York City in the late 1980s dressing display windows at Henri Bendel & the elegant Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue in the glory days of real story-telling windows. It was there that I learned the art of styling designer clothing & creating an aspirational & romantic mood with merchandise that helps build a relationship with the clothes we wear, and the emotion that people have with properly presented merchandise. I had access to the finest luxury designer clothing like Claude Montana, Pauline Trigere, Coco, Mr Beene and others, and learned about expert seam construction, the feel of good fabrics, the details that matter, and the high tech fabrics that are constantly innovating the marketplace. It was also a time (the 80s) when the shift in the social food chain began to change, a time when the Ladies Who Lunch began to be replaced by a new moneyed group who changed the way retail was conducted, and I always longed for the days when shopping was an event, a treat, and madame was served champagne in dressing rooms and the clothes were not thrown on rounder racks in discount departments. My mother also wore lots of Bonnie Cashin in the 1960s and 1970s so I was aware of the modern minimalists, and sought them out for her when I found them. I also source props for shoots & work often as photo stylist, putting the finishing touches on interiors & location shoots. And since Im shopping constantly, and love fancy estate sales I scour them regularly and with great skill; the result is an online shop that I consider a finely curated collection of vintage clothing, home accessories, & mid century odds and ends from high end homes in the New York City area. I love helping source stuff, and just KNOW that I have tons more stuff than is listed here, so if you are in film or television production just ask for specifics and I will probably have something for you, or be able to understand what you are looking for without wasting your time. I have been in the biz and know how it works. The item “Edwardian Victorian Velvet Embroidered Cloche Hat Art Deco Antique Downton Abbey” is in sale since Wednesday, December 07, 2016. This item is in the category “Clothing, Shoes & Accessories\Vintage\Vintage Accessories\Women’s Hats”. The seller is “chipper63″ and is located in Brooklyn, New York. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Era: 1890-1920
• Size: M
• Style: Cloche
• Vintage Type: True Vintage
• Color: Rust
• Material: Velvet & Embroidered Trims
• Look: Edwardian
• Decade: Pre 1920
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Brand: Handmade
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
• Occasion: Special Occasion
• Titanic: 1920s Millinery
• Downton Abbey: Gatsby
• Historical Hat: Antique 1920s
• Art Deco: 1910

Tags: abbey, antique, cloche, deco, downton, edwardian, embroidered, velvet, victorian