Item 2018.257 - Sandilands & Son Bicorn Hat with Ostrich Feathers

Black silk plush bicorn hat with a fringe of black ostrich feathers around the top edges of both parts of the turned up brims. The silk plush has worn away across most of the sides of the exposed undersides of the brim but covers the crown and outside brims. Where the silk has deteriorated it exposes the body of the hat made of cardboard. One side of the folded up brim has a length of gold coloured metal thread woven tape with a large brass button embossed with the royal coat of arms over the top of a black silk ribbon rosette.

The lining of the hat is striped black silk satin with a quilted hat band around the inside of the crown. The top of the inner crown has a coat of arms and makers name printed in gold lettering. Machine and hand stitched.