Product Code: 'TT231
Product Description:
Author: Mrs. L. Cockerham
Genre: Fashion
Binding: Hardback screw-bound loose-leaf folder/book
Length: 146 pages - plus 12 letter replies from companies and people in the hat trade
Published by Private - handwritten
Publication Date: Research carried out and produced in 1955
Condition: Good, neat and clean
A book/project compiled by Mrs. L. Cockerham around 1955 – subjects covered: Origin of the Straw Hat; Early References; Changing Fashions in Straw Hats; The Industry in Bedfordshire; Straw Plaiting; Plaiting Schools; Change in Trade; Sewing, Stiffening and Blocking; Bleaching and Dyeing; Present Day Industry