Silk Hat ID

Rue_de_la_Paix said:
OK, I can see it now. Interesting indeed. I might be way off here, but are you sure this isn't woman's formal riding hat?
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So the dealer we got the hat from also has a complete late Victorian/early Edwardian men’s riding habit minus the hat. We didn’t catch it because it was in a completely different booth. Anyway, it seems you were correct in identifying it as a riding hat and I’m now wondering if we inadvertently separated a complete ensemble…
 
Possible. Although I am leaning more to thinking this is a woman's riding top hat. Here is an interior from one of my own lady's riding top hats. There are a variety of inner construction techniques that ID it as a lady's and not a man's, this represents only 1 type of them.
 

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I was hoping it was a women’s from a collector’s view. I’m amazed at the rabbit hole of information I’ve been down since getting this hat and am so grateful for your insight! Thank you. Do you offer any kind of evaluation services ? I have a few more questions regarding storage and conservation and ultimately value.
 
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