One of the earliest objects in the fashion collection at the Centraal Museum is this "yellow felt hat with high crown and wide brim" from the first quarter of the 17th century. It is not only its age that makes this hat unique, it is also the fact that it was "found in the Burgerweeshuis, between the brickwork of an old, thick wall." The Burgerweeshuis (state orphanage) was located on Oudegracht 245 in Utrecht. This is an illustration of the unique way in which a museum collection may come into being. Amazingly enough this hat has withstood the test of time and is in exceptionally good condition.
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One of the earliest objects in the fashion collection at the Centraal Museum is this "yellow felt hat with high crown and wide brim" from the first quarter of the 17th century. It is not only its age that makes this hat unique, it is also the fact that it was "found in the Burgerweeshuis, between the brickwork of an old, thick wall." The Burgerweeshuis (state orphanage) was located on Oudegracht 245 in Utrecht. This is an illustration of the unique way in which a museum collection may come into being. Amazingly enough this hat has withstood the test of time and is in exceptionally good condition.
Afkomstig uit het Burgerweeshuis, gevonden tussen metselwerk bij het afbreken van een dikke, oude muur. Dit weeshuis was vanaf 1582 gevestigd in het voormalige Regulierenklooster aan de Oudegracht. Een dergelijke hoed komt nog in 1661 voor op schilderij door Salomon van Ruysdael, "The Halt", in the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin.
Documentation
Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1878], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1878), cat. nr. 400
Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1904], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1904), cat. nr. 1986
De costuumverzameling in het Centraal Museum 1750-1930 : gids en catalogus, (Utrecht, 1947), cat. nr. 3
Exhibitions
L'étoffe des Flamands – Mode et peinture au XVIIe siècle, Musée de Tessé, Le Mans, 2022 - 2023
Uit de Mode, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2017
Dit is het Centraal Museum! Topstukken uit de vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2012 - 2015
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