This fashionable copper straw tapered crown style hat is trimmed in a blue, white, and red plaid ribbon with deep blue cornflowers and pale blue primroses. A pretty conbination for spring and summer. This hat is suitable for the fashionable waredrobe ca 1860-65.
This hat measures 21″ around the inside of the crown with the ribbon lining. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1237209277/decorated-victorian-era-hat-hand-sewn-by
Now I can go to a yardsale and enjoy a little of this weather. When I get back, I will post about the 1880s block and the two pieces I made with it.
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 
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