Felt man's hat

One of the earliest objects in the fashion collection of the Centraal Museum is this “yellow felt hat with a high crown and wide brim” from the first quarter of the seventeenth century. It is unique, not only because of its dating but also because it was “found in the Burgerweeshuis, between the masonry during the demolition of a thick old wall.” The Burgerweeshuis was located at Oudegracht 245 in…