Hat montero, hat or 'montero' of floral pink and silver silk brocade with two stores, trimmed with ostrich or marabou feathers. On label: 'farmer's hat worn in the Veluwe.' Model: a sphere consisting of four pattes (parts) and made up of a layer of thick, dyed black and waxed linen with cream-colored paper on top of which the brocade is wrapped around it, then indigo blue woolen felt and a black silk lining. The whole is put together with coarse stitches of blue linen and brown rope. Decoration: in the middle of the sphere a wooden knot wrapped with silver or gold thread around a silk core
Hat montero, hat or 'montero' of floral pink and silver silk brocade with two stores, trimmed with ostrich or marabou feathers. On label: 'farmer's hat worn in the Veluwe.' Model: a sphere consisting of four pattes (parts) and made up of a layer of thick, dyed black and waxed linen with cream-colored paper on top of which the brocade is wrapped around it, then indigo blue woolen felt and a black silk lining. The whole is put together with coarse stitches of blue linen and brown rope. Decoration: in the middle of the sphere a wooden knot wrapped with silver or gold thread around a silk core. Mid back rolled brown / black silk ribbon and brown / white linen band., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1650 - c. 1699, geheel, voering, rand, naaiwerk, striking (metalworking), h 24 cm
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