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The Opera house hat

TAMASINE DALE MILLINERY, Melbourne (millinery house), Tamasine DALE (milliner)
The Opera house hat
 1986

Medium
velour felt

Measurements
79.0 cm (outer circumference) 12.5 cm (height) 25.5 cm (width)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1996

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, stitched to inner crown, printed in ink on white polyester: TAMASINE DALE / Melbourne

Accession Number
1996.772

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
The black felt hat has a tall narrow crown encircled by a high upturned brim. The title refers to the tradition of men wearing a Top hat in a dull black fabric at the Opera. This hat however makes fun at this genre by distorting the classic shape of such a hat, and ignoring its sexual demarcation and its traditional function.

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