Ladies Hats 1920s. The most renown hat of the 1920’s was the Cloche hat. The short hairstyle suited this type of hat, which was bell shaped. It was invented by milliner Caroline Reboux in 1908 but gained popularity during the 1920s. There were other types of hats during this period and included turban style hats and included boaters, which were straw hats, and Tam O’Shanter hats.
Straw cloche hat Made c. 1925 Cloche hat, straw / fabric, made by Condor Hats, c. 1925 Deep crowned crimson coloured woven straw hat, with elliptical brim. The left side of the brim is pressed into a pleat, and the hat band of crimson silk satin ribbon spirals from a bow at the front left, around the head and out to another bow at the edge of the brim on right. The brim edge is lined with bias crimson coloured silk. Inside, the hat is lined with beige coloured silk taffeta. Inside the crown of the hat, ‘Condor Hat’ is embroidered in dark brown into the lining.
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
Hat Designer: Paige Hats American 1926-1928
Hat; brown chenille and taupe/brown embroidered cloche. Brown woven fabric base is covered with various chenille and embroidered details. Looped and twisted taupe thread is stitched on ground. Irregular shaped designs at top of crown are filled with lengths of brown chenille, accented by orange chenille. Offset diamond shaped border is filled with dark and light brown chenille. Lower edge of crown, extending on to brim, is decorated with twisted or rolled strands of brown thread in an irregular shaped pattern. Narrow brown grosgrain ribbon at the base of the crown forms a small bow on the proper right front. Brim is one inch in center front, decreasing to 1/4 inch in center back. The hat is lined in peach silk.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Cloche style hat made of smooth, pink plaited straw. It has a deep, round crown with a brown chevron decorated band around it. Its narrow brim is trimmed with brown cord at the edge. The front of the crown displays a panel, formed by lines of petersham ribbon, in orange and magenta. The panel encloses a decorative trim of bold stylised flowers in appliquéd felt and velvet in pink, magenta, green, peach and orange. The hat has a black lining.
This cloche-type hat is made of smooth pink plaited straw. It has a deep round crown with a decorated band of brown chevron around it. The narrow brim is trimmed with brown cord at the edge. The front of the crown displays a panel formed by lines of petersham ribbon in orange and magenta. The panel encloses a decorative trim of bold stylised flowers in appliquéd felt and velvet in pink, magenta, green, peach and orange. The cloche has a black lining. It was made in England about 1925 by Kilpin Ltd of London. Cloches were probably the most iconic hats of the 1920s. They were made of straw, fabrics and especially felt. The high, bulbous crowns lent themselves to experimentation with pleating, beading, embroidery, appliqué and trimming. Although they were held to be brim-less, cloches had small frontal brims from 1922 to 1925, and longer, asymmetrical brims from 1926.
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
1920’s Sequined Fascinator Hat Netting over velvet covered wire base, sequins and beads, approx. 11 1/2″ from ear to ear
Sold for $70 at Denise Ryan Auctions in 2019
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