Cocked Hat

Date1890-1940

MediumBlack velvet with silk pile on cotton ground; ribbed silk ribbon binding; sized cotton crown lining; leather sweat band.

DimensionsOW 15"; OD: 13"; Crown circumference: 21 3/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1954-1045

DescriptionMan's hat of black silk velvet with long pile, cocked up on three sides and edged with grosgrain ribbon. Inner leather hatband and heavily sized tabby cotton crown lining. Crown low and rounded.

Construction History:

1. 1890-1940: Initial Construction
2. January 7, 1958: Cleaning, checking, restoring by Ernest LoNano.Label TextThis hat was in the collection of Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1952), an English history painter who owned a collection of antique and reproduction costumes to use as props. This costume, along with thirty-one others, was purchased by Colonial Williamsburg from Bennett's daughter upon his death.