UNIQUE FUR FELT 50's VINTAGE WOMEN'S FITTED HAT WITH STAND LEAF - CLAUDE SAINT-CYR PARIS AUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION
Fur felt fitted 50's vintage hat with stand leaf. Asparagus green fur (angora) felt. Asymmetric fitted hat pieced of sculpted sections with outer openwork band framing face and forming point at back. Self standing leaf placed prominently at front. Leaf stem self wrapped. Green grosgrain inner-band at inside crown. Reproduction of one the the 1950's most prominent Parisian milliners.
Claude Saint-Cyr: (1911-2002) Royal milliner to The Queen Mother, The Queen and Princess Margaret. Also designed hats for Princess Grace and Maria Callas. By mid 1950's Saint-Cyr's reputation as a milliner was so celebrated that reproductions of her Paris originals were created under license, alongside those of leading couturier such as Balenciaga.
Label:
Reproduction, CLAUDE SAINT-CYR, PARIS
Approximate measurements:
Length, front to back - 7 1/4"
Width, measured side to side over crown - 13"
Leaf height - 7"
Condition:
EXCELLENT condition!!
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