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Tooled leather top hat

RICHARD NYLON (millinery house), Richard NYLON (designer)
Tooled leather top hat
 (2002)

Medium
leather, wire, polyester

Measurements
84.0 cm (outer circumference) 23.5 cm (height) 25.0 cm (width)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2003

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, inner lining, black polyester on white polyester: N / RICHARD / NYLON

Accession Number
2003.24

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
Men's leather top hat made from fine strips of tooled and hand cut leather. Forming a pattern of separate bands rising up around the circumference of plaited, stamped and brogued pieces. The small brim is decorated with a brogued border and upturned at the sides, while the crown features a flat peak. The entire hat is assembled on a wire frame.

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