Daniele Tanto
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We continue with the history of the French homburg (diplomatique) that I bought a few years ago in the immense and historically long collection of hats left in the "A. Meer" shop in Strasbourg. The seller, son of the last owner, gave me some indication of the age of the hats starting from the three addresses where the resale of hats had been located. We started with the three Tirards that were marked with the last shop address in order of time: 48 Rue du Vieux Marché aux vins from 1953 until 2004.
Now we see the "Antonin France maison fondeé en 1903" homburgs that arrived in my hands.
I was lucky because there are four and three of them are marked with the previous address, 16 Rue des Serruriers that was the headquarter of the "A. Meer" headwear from 1935 until 1953 with the interval of the Second World War and related damages
Only one (on the right) is marked with the address "48 Rue du Vieux Marché aux vins" and is different in finishes and also has a paper label
while the elder brothers, branded Super Luxe, made before the WWII have no indication of type and color of the felt
They are homburgs that have different characteristics in the ribbons' bows, but basically the felt is of medium quality, all without lining with only one tip on the bottom of the crown. They seem made for the mid seasons and I think they didn't have a high price.
What fascinates me most in these homburg, made between the thirties and the beginning of the fifties, is their diversity in the combination of the color of the felt with the ribbons. Nobody is the same as the other.
This is the good of them!
Now we see the "Antonin France maison fondeé en 1903" homburgs that arrived in my hands.
I was lucky because there are four and three of them are marked with the previous address, 16 Rue des Serruriers that was the headquarter of the "A. Meer" headwear from 1935 until 1953 with the interval of the Second World War and related damages
Only one (on the right) is marked with the address "48 Rue du Vieux Marché aux vins" and is different in finishes and also has a paper label
while the elder brothers, branded Super Luxe, made before the WWII have no indication of type and color of the felt
They are homburgs that have different characteristics in the ribbons' bows, but basically the felt is of medium quality, all without lining with only one tip on the bottom of the crown. They seem made for the mid seasons and I think they didn't have a high price.
What fascinates me most in these homburg, made between the thirties and the beginning of the fifties, is their diversity in the combination of the color of the felt with the ribbons. Nobody is the same as the other.
This is the good of them!
