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Hats, Hoods, Hip Hop Caps

With over 250 hats, bonnets, caps, veils and other headgear, as well as paintings and sculptures, the exhibition provides a grand overview of the cultural history of headwear.
The bandwidth of the objects shown ranges from magnifi cent mitres over graceful ladies’ hats all the way through to the latest designer headwear.

Title of the special exhibition:
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Subtitle:
Hats, Hoods, Hip Hop Caps

Period:
20/10/2022 – 30/04/2023

Location:
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich

key visual Hauptsache Copyright Anniek Snoeijs

Lady’s hat,

Irene van Vugt, Utrecht, 2019
Leather, sinamay fabric

© Anniek Snoeijs

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Theatrical hat

Southern Germany, ca. 1720-40
Wool felt, cardboard, metal embroidery, passementerie, linen fabric

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Man’s nightcap

Germany, ca. 1725-50
Silk fabric and ribbon, silk embroidery

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Lady’s hat

Bavaria, ca. 1815
Horsehair and cotton fabric, silk ribbons, taffeta, paper

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Peaked cap

worn by Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, ca. 1820-25
Leather, silk fabric, silk cord, cardboard

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Woman’s regional hat

Bavaria, ca. 1820-40
Wool felt, silk fabric, cotton fabric, silk ribbon and cord, passementerie

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Lady’s hat

Bavaria, ca. 1835
Taffeta, linen fabric, crêpeline, silk ribbons and flowers

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Lady’s hat

Bavaria, ca. 1835
Taffeta, silk crêpeline, silk ribbons and flowers, linen, cardboard

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Dagmar Drinkler

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Lady’s hat

Hut-Breiter, Munich, ca. 1960
Fur felt, silk and cotton ribbon

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Bastian Krack

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Miniature hat workshop

Southern Germany, ca. 1810
Wood, textile, ceramics

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Bastian Krack

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Portrait of Anna Billmann, née Riegg

Allgaeu, mid-19th century
Oil on canvas, gilt wood frame

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Bastian Krack

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Flat cap Hatteras

Stetson,
autumn/winter collection 2022/23

© Stetson
Foto Stefan Braunk

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Hats, Hoods and Caps

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Bastian Krack

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Hat of Palsgrave August of Sulzbach

probably Bavaria, c. 1630
Fur felt, metal cord, ostrich feathers, silk taffeta

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Walter Haberland

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Cap with pangles (Flinderhaube)

Nuremberg, c. 1640/80
Metal wire, silk thread, gilt copper alloy, linen fabric, cotton wadding

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto: Bastian Krack

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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

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Woman’s regional cap (Schirmhaube)

Allgaeu, c. 1830/50
Metal lace and sheet, cotton machine net, cotton embroidery, silk jacquard ribbons, cotton fabric

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München
Foto Bastian Krack

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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

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Traveller made of toyo braid

Stetson, spring/summer 2018
Viscose braid (toyo), polyester ribbon, cotton twill ribbon

Loan from Stetson

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Iridescent feather hat

Germany, c. 1954
Wool felt, peacock feathers, viscose velvet, iron wire

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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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
© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Dark blue cap of Smudo

New Era Cap, Buffalo/New York, 2019
Wool twill, cotton twill

Loan from Smudo

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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Lady’s straw hat

Nicki Marquardt, Munich, 2022
Milan straw braid, cotton ribbon

Loan from Nicki Marquardt, Munich

© Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Foto Bastian Krack

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