Collection Highlights
Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
X.48
Wood, metal, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chapeau (bicorne)
Object name
Chapeau (bicorne)
Date
1873-1877
Medium
Textile, leather, feather, braid, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 16 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. ( 12.7 x 41 x 16.8 cm )
Description
Black beaver (textile) chapeau with rigid crown; edges of cock and fan with black ribbon binding and black ostrich feather trim; cockade with "loop" of intricately interlaced gold braid over black silk rosette, center disk with "7VC" embroidered in gold on red textile ground, and gilded metal button with initials "NG" in relief between branches of oak and laurel; black leather sweatband and pink silk lining.
Credit Line
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York, through Major Kenneth C. Miller
Object Number
1953.163
Marks
embroidered: on cockade: "7VC"
in relief: on button: "NG"
maker's label: inside top of crown: "HORSTMANN BROS. & ALLIEN / 7 BOND STREET, / NEW YORK."
Gallery Label
This hat was worn by a member of the Veteran Corps of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
