Northern Threads: Fashion dolls


Fashion doll with a chapeau de bras, ca. 1793

Fashion doll with a chapeau de bras, ca. 1793
Item 48240   info
Maine Historical Society

Dressed in a period cut away coat and breeches, this doll wears a chapeau de bras. Reminiscent of a naval officer’s hat, the style is somewhat synonymous with Napoleon Bonaparte. Very fashionable at the turn of the 18th to 19th centuries, milliners created the hats from felted beaver fur and silk.

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