1920’s Vintage Velvet Cloche Hat, Elaborate Flowers & Trim “The Prima Hat” Label

Description

A lovely 1920’s vintage cloche hat with a label which reads “The Prima Hat” and either “V. S. & Co. LTD” or “V. G. & Co. LTD” as best as I can make out. The sheen of the lining makes it hard to see some of the letters. The hat has seams encircling the crown to sculpt the shape of the cloche and has appliqués of elaborate flowers, velvet trims, and braid (assuming that is the correct word for the cloth tubular trim with the silvery, brown and pink threads). The color of the velvet is hard to describe but I’ll try. It’s kind of a warm slightly orangey brown.
The hat fits my head which has a 21 3/4 inch circumference. The hat would not fit a larger size than that. The wide ribbon that encircles the hat has a couple of tiny points of fraying in the weave and two tiny marks that look like about the size that a pin would make. The interior lining has fraying with a split in the right front area. If you picture the hat held in front of you looking at the interior with the front rim at the top and imagine the numerals of a clock face superimposed on the circle, the interior fraying would be from the 9 o’clock position to just past the 12 position. There is also some fraying at the back edge of the lining. The part of the lining in the front that shows fraying is about 3 inches in height. Otherwise the hat is in pretty fabulous condition. Please see the photos. If you need more information about dimensions or anything else about the hat, please send us your questions.
Please examine the photos closely & purchase based on your own judgement as to condition & value.
This item is inventory #10424.
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