Embroidered chamois hat

This refined chamois leather hat was embroidered with arabesques in silk and metal threads and decorated with worked bands. On one side a rosette features in the center a still-unidentified crest; the other side has a cornucopia that originally held an ostrich feather, now lost. The button once on the top of this tall hat--whose presence is attested on similar models in then-contemporary paintings--also is missing. The tall and rigid hat would have been perfect for travelling, or for horseriding. Probably purchased by the brothers Fausto and Giuseppe at the end of the 19th century, the hat is still displayed--as are all other objects in the museum--in its original places, thus contributing to the authentic "time capsule" ambiance.