An assortment of headwear including a vintage black silk plush top hat by G. A. Dunn & Co. The top hat features a high cylindrical crown and a narrow, slightly curled brim finished with a wide black grosgrain ribbon band. The interior is lined with white silk? and features a tan leather sweatband. The lining is printed in black ink with the maker’s mark G. A. Dunn & Co. Piccadilly Circus 373-4-5 Strand, 54-6 Oxford St. LONDON, alongside text reading ALL BLACK SILK and BRITISH MANUFACTURE. The sweatband is gold-stamped with G. A. Dunn & Co. London and bears a small oval adhesive label marked 7 and 250.
The collection further includes a western style light-coloured woven straw hat featuring a creased crown, upturned brim, and a decorative geometric band in red, white, and blue with an attached feather. A natural-toned coarse-weave straw hat with a flat crown and wide brim is decorated with a long black ribbon. Also present is a bright white fine-textured woven hat with a downturned brim and matching ribbon band, and a dark charcoal textured woven hat.
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