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Theatrical hat
Southern Germany, ca. 1720-40
Wool felt, cardboard, metal embroidery, passementerie, linen fabric
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Foto Bastian Krack
Man’s nightcap
Germany, ca. 1725-50
Silk fabric and ribbon, silk embroidery
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Foto Bastian Krack
Lady’s hat
Bavaria, ca. 1815
Horsehair and cotton fabric, silk ribbons, taffeta, paper
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Foto Bastian Krack
Peaked cap
worn by Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, ca. 1820-25
Leather, silk fabric, silk cord, cardboard
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Foto Bastian Krack
Woman’s regional hat
Bavaria, ca. 1820-40
Wool felt, silk fabric, cotton fabric, silk ribbon and cord, passementerie
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Foto Bastian Krack
Lady’s hat
Bavaria, ca. 1835
Taffeta, linen fabric, crêpeline, silk ribbons and flowers
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Foto Bastian Krack
Lady’s hat
Bavaria, ca. 1835
Taffeta, silk crêpeline, silk ribbons and flowers, linen, cardboard
© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Dagmar Drinkler
Lady’s hat
Hut-Breiter, Munich, ca. 1960
Fur felt, silk and cotton ribbon
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Foto: Bastian Krack
Miniature hat workshop
Southern Germany, ca. 1810
Wood, textile, ceramics
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Foto: Bastian Krack
Portrait of Anna Billmann, née Riegg
Allgaeu, mid-19th century
Oil on canvas, gilt wood frame
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Foto: Bastian Krack
Hat of Palsgrave August of Sulzbach
probably Bavaria, c. 1630
Fur felt, metal cord, ostrich feathers, silk taffeta
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Foto Walter Haberland
Cap with pangles (Flinderhaube)
Nuremberg, c. 1640/80
Metal wire, silk thread, gilt copper alloy, linen fabric, cotton wadding
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Foto: Bastian Krack
Woman’s regional cap (Riegelhaube)
Upper Bavaria, c. 1840/50
Silk satin, metal and glass embroidery, metal lace, cotton fabric, iron wire, cotton machine lace (Leaver), cotton ribbons
© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto Bastian Krack
Woman’s regional cap (Schirmhaube)
Allgaeu, c. 1830/50
Metal lace and sheet, cotton machine net, cotton embroidery, silk jacquard ribbons, cotton fabric
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Foto Bastian Krack
Black slouch hat of Prince Otto von Bismarck
hat factory Heinrich Schuchard, Darmstadt, c. 1870/90
Fur felt, silk and cotton ribbons, silk satin, silk braid, leather
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Foto Bastian Krack
Traveller made of toyo braid
Stetson, spring/summer 2018Viscose braid (toyo), polyester ribbon, cotton twill ribbon
Loan from Stetson
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Foto Bastian Krack
Iridescent feather hat
Germany, c. 1954
Wool felt, peacock feathers, viscose velvet, iron wire
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Foto Bastian Krack
Bright pink felt hat
Philip Treacy, London c. 2010
Fur felt, quills, viscose fabric and ribbon, iron wire
Loan from Ute Patel-Mißfeldt, Neuburg an der Donau
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Foto Bastian Krack
Dark blue cap of Smudo
New Era Cap, Buffalo/New York, 2019Wool twill, cotton twill
Loan from Smudo
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Foto Bastian Krack
Lady’s straw hat
Nicki Marquardt, Munich, 2022Milan straw braid, cotton ribbon
Loan from Nicki Marquardt, Munich
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Foto Bastian Krack