Vintage Early 60s Soft Bone Cream Wide Brim Straw Hat Details:
- nice quality bone cream straw finally woven
- pale peachy silk organza layered for a decadently romantic soft look
- topped with a large silk flower accented with green leaves hand painted
- grosgrain
- frames face as a picture hat
- classic hat design that is timeless
- original advertisements date to spring of 1962 when this hat was sold between $25 and $29 which is the equivalent to over $250 in todays dollar
Closure: sits down on hat
Material: finely woven straw, silk organza, grosgrain ribbon band
Decade: early 1960s - specifically spring 1962
Brands/tags: Schiaparelli Paris, Hibbing Sapevo's, Virginia
Condition: Very good - I spot one small pin hole in folds of sheer organza, minor dips in straw on crown, back underside where silk folds in and around brim rolled slightly in but this may have been part of design when making it, one small loose thread in folds of organza. Presents beautifully in person
Measurements:
Crown - 5" deep
Circumference - 21" inner band
11.5" front to back X 12" across