Not especially my period, but were they worn straight on the head? If you
wear a hat tilted back so it sits where an alice band would be, rather than
around the crown of your head, then the crown of the hat can have a circular
rather than oval profile.
Claire
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:11:33 -0400
From: "Ron Carnegie" <r.carne...@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads
...not! ..maybe...
To: "'Historical Costume'" <h-cost...@indra.com>
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They certainly were worn in the late 18th century. I am not certain that it
was ever true that they were only carried, but if it is it had to have been
earlier. Usually that story goes along with the huge tall hats of the early
period. Wigs decline in favour through the period
"I'm your huckleberry"
Ron Carnegie
r.carne...@verizon.net
-----Original Message-----
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Melody Watts
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:14 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads ...not!
..maybe...
Weren't the majority of the hats for the era, merely carried under the arm
or in the hand,as a sort of "fashion accessory"? So if not actually worn,it
wouldn't matter on the shape of the headpiece.
Perhaps they had "Dress"hats,with?the rounded crown?and "everyday/working
mans" hats,shaped for a head,?that were worn, the Accessory hats,not
actually being worn and subject to sweat,weather and wear and tear will have
survived.The actual everyday worn on your head hat will have worn out and
been discarded eventually.
just a muse.....
melody
?
--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Ron Carnegie <r.carne...@verizon.net> wrote:
From: Ron Carnegie <r.carne...@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 18th century Tricorn hats ....round heads ...not!
To: "'Historical Costume'" <h-cost...@indra.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 5:32 AM
Of course the originals have seen are round and not oval.? The leaves
(flaps) are held up in period by a stitched tacks, hook and eyes, or tapes,
usually two for each leave.? The arrangement of the leaves depends upon
style.? They are properly referred to as cocked hats, tricorn being a modern
term for them.
"I'm your huckleberry"
Ron Carnegie
r.carne...@verizon.net
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