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Maker(s):Leon
Culture:French
Title:hat
Date Made:1940-1970
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: black wool felt; black silk grosgrain band; gold-embossed label
Place Made:France; Paris
Measurements:Overall: 5 1/2 in x 12 in x 13 1/4 in; 14 cm x 30.5 cm x 33.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2019.31.3
Credit Line:Gift of Juliet G. Flynt, grandaughter of Helen and Henry Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Black felt hat worn by Henry N. Flynt (1893-1970) during the mid-20th century. Henry, along with his wife Helen Geier Flynt (1895-1986), founded the Heritage Foundation, later Historic Deerfield, in 1952. The label inside the crown notes the manufacturer and its various locations in France and middle/southern Europe: “Premier chapelier De Paris/ Léon (?)/ 21 Rue Daunou
21/ Paris Succursales PARIS 95 Avue des Champs Élysées Nice-Vichy-
Monte-Carlo/ Bruxelles/ Geranti Feutre Poil.” H: 5 ½”; W: 12”; D: 13 ¼”

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