Black women's riding hat

This riding hat was owned by Anna Susan (Susanna) Taylor who was born in 1872. Anna lived at Tangitere, near Nuhaka in the Hawke's Bay, where she and her husband owned a farm. Tress & Co was a London label that was stocked at Adair Bros, a Gisborne retail store. It was typical at this time for retailers to sell a mix of local and imported manufactured goods to supplement the work of tailors and dressmakers.

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Clare Cramond
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturing location: Tress & Co, London
Garment type: Hat
Colour: Black
Purchase location: Adair Bros, Gladstone Road, Gisborne
Label: Adair Brothers Ltd
Date: Circa 1905