Museo dell’Arte del Cappello di Ghiffa, March 14, 2017 (Part 3)

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Museo dell’Arte del Cappello di Ghiffa, March 14, 2017 (Part 3)

This is Part 3 that continues with G. Panizza & other local hat companies such as E. Albertini & C. . Part 1 and 2 are available here.

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The next series of photos are on Manual Felt and Hat Making.

(23) Apostle James, Patron Saint of Hatters

Workers Societies and Unions, Diplomas, Assorted Labor Documents

 

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Universal Society of Hats of M.S., 1817 Intra and Dintorni

Assorted Antique Hatters Tools

(22) Corporation of Hatters, Master of the Art, 1400

(24) The hair, prepared by specialized companies (called "couperie"), was supplied ready to blow, divided into bags for quality and natural color. (Side Note: Panizza purchased ready to blown fur.)

(25) On the skin of the animals fur, low and soft, it is mixed with the more hard and rigid (giarro), to be eliminated. Department of blowing Panizza: mixer, blow molding and sleeping boxes, already purified by giarro, ready to strike up.

 

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(27) The basting is inspected to check, in transparency, the regularity of the hair deposit on the cone which is equivalent to the regularity of the final thickness of the hat.

(28) A particular coat weight is withdrawn from the casing and lying on the carpet of the introducer imbastitrice machine.

(31) With the help of boiling water the rollers of the machine sodatrice damage to the roll of canvas, which with-holding basting, the pulses required to obtain the first phase of felting with the reduction in size of the felts.

(32) The cone covered by the hair is taken from the machine and imbastitrice reversed: the basting is made to gently fall into a cloth to be wound and then centrifuged.

(32) The cone covered by the hair is taken from the machine and imbastitrice reversed: the basting is made to gently fall into a cloth to be wound and then centrifuged.

(33) The tacking of the surface is consistent yield starting from the delicate work of rassodatura performed by machines with oscillating plates.

 

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(34) Group of "CAUSTICIZING" roller machines. The tacks are rolled into sheets and works. you either side and head. We always get a uniform felting. It follows a further control.

(35) Scrociatura: manual operation performed at each step to the fulling. Used to prevent that remains the folding imprint on the flattened felt.

(36) In fulling hot water and acidulated falling rain helps the penetration of the hairs in the mass felt in training.

(37) Of "fulling" Groups oscillating rollers. I felt cones are "scrociati" at each step.

(39) Department "dyeing" to Panizza. In relation to the amount of felts available for each color bath, there were three different sizes of dyeing equipment.

(40) After the dyeing operation the rolettinisti (workers who work on machines rolettine calls) complete the "closure" of the felt bells. In the boiling dye bath to the felt swollen and this serves to give the optimum felting.

More to come!

 

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(34) Group of "CAUSTICIZING" roller machines. The tacks are rolled into sheets and works. you either side and head. We always get a uniform felting. It follows a further control.

(35) Scrociatura: manual operation performed at each step to the fulling. Used to prevent that remains the folding imprint on the flattened felt.

(36) In fulling hot water and acidulated falling rain helps the penetration of the hairs in the mass felt in training.

(37) Of "fulling" Groups oscillating rollers. I felt cones are "scrociati" at each step.

(39) Department "dyeing" to Panizza. In relation to the amount of felts available for each color bath, there were three different sizes of dyeing equipment.

(40) After the dyeing operation the rolettinisti (workers who work on machines rolettine calls) complete the "closure" of the felt bells. In the boiling dye bath to the felt swollen and this serves to give the optimum felting.

More to come!

Very interesting and informative series.

 

[mayserwegener]

Bob, Thank You!

 

[hatsRme]

OMG, Steve!! I can't decide if you have saved me a trip, or made me want to go MUCH more... THANK you so kindly for all the work that went into this. Thank you, THANK YOU!!!

 

[mayserwegener]

Hello Charlie, Thanks! You should definitely visit because this is just a photo record. Lake Maggiore is really spectacular so much else to see. The museum is open now (April 1st) so you should visit before the big tourist season.

 

[Daniele Tanto]

Steve lavoro fotografico e di documentazione fantastico!
St. James protector of hatters it will certainly grace you with a small portion in the heaven of hats

 

[mayserwegener]

Daniele, Thanks! It's fun looking through the photos.

 

[steur]

Steve, thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into this. It's great to see all this historical stuff.

 

[mayserwegener]

Thanks! Probably looking at 3 or 4 more Parts.