French Hats and makers.

[Rmccamey]

A pretty one, Stefan.

Mossant unlined homburg in brown grey. Size 56 with the brim at 5,5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Looks unworn and is quite lightweight for a homburg at 116 grams. It has a textured sweatband, which makes me think it is reasonably early, forties likely.

 

[steur]

That's a pretty one, Stefan.

Thank you, Randy. I'm glad I can still find one now and again.

 

[Pellie]

Tirard Ragondia imperméable homburg in black. This one came in in a plastic bag. So needed some steam to get it back in shape again.

 

[Steve1857]

Tirard Ragondia imperméable homburg in black. This one came in in a plastic bag. So needed some steam to get it back in shape again.
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Nice Tirard find, Marcel. The liner suggests it has some age to it, too.

 

[Pellie]

Nice Tirard find, Marcel. The liner suggests it has some age to it, too.

Thanks Steve. My guess would be '50's. Unfortunally the label is unreadable. Those Tirards are always of great quality.

 

[Steve1857]

Thanks Steve. My guess would be '50's. Unfortunally the label is unreadable. Those Tirards are always of great quality.

I think it's earlier than that, Marcel. 30s to 40s would be my estimate due to the liner.

 

[Pellie]

I think it's earlier than that, Marcel. 30s to 40s would be my estimate due to the liner.

You really think so?

 

[jeffgarf]

I had to wear this one in the sun to get the shots of just how nice the blue is on this Mossant. No idea of the age, but it does havr a nice knap to it. Not velour exactly, but more than plain fur.

 

[steur]

I had to wear this one in the sun to get the shots of just how nice the blue is on this Mossant. No idea of the age, but it does havr a nice knap to it. Not velour exactly, but more than plain fur.

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Nice find, Jeff. These Mossant blues (or bleus as they would say) are really cool.

 

[steur]

Patterson fedora in a grey colour called Tourbe. Size 60 with the overwelt brim at 5,5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. Despite the brand name it is actually French and the colour name makes it easy to identify the maker as Mossant, as it was one of their colours. Weighs a neat 105 grams. Can be worn brim up or brim down; both work well. Soft felt with a nice hand.

 

[jeffgarf]

I have received the last of my European purchases for now and with the final one, I think, I can make an interesting contribution to the French hats thread. This is a Mossant, likely from the 40's or 50's, in what appears to be a homburg style. I believe, based on the tag under the sweatband, that this was also a style from a particular region of France, the Auvergne style hat. Lille, where the hat was sold is in this region. The style of the hats are usually indicated by a lower crown and a fairly wide brim. At just over 3.5" in the front and under 5" at the height of the crown, I am venturing a guess that this was a homburg made for a retailer using that style. The seller was Lalieu of Lille, France.

 

[steur]

I have received the last of my European purchases for now and with the final one, I think, I can make an interesting contribution to the French hats thread. This is a Mossant, likely from the 40's or 50's, in what appears to be a homburg style. I believe, based on the tag under the sweatband, that this was also a style from a particular region of France, the Auvergne style hat. Lille, where the hat was sold is in this region. The style of the hats are usually indicated by a lower crown and a fairly wide brim. At just over 3.5" in the front and under 5" at the height of the crown, I am venturing a guess that this was a homburg made for a retailer using that style. The seller was Lalieu of Lille, France.

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Cool find, Jeff. Mossant didn't use model designations for their hats. The colour is gris d'Auvergne, which they couldn't fit on one line on that small label. They also had gris Africain, gris fer and gris blanc.

 

[steur]

Hall&Co homburg for Sools in black. Soze 60 with the brim at a generous 6,5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. No label underneath the sweatband, so hard to say who the real maker was. The size label makes me think Fléchet.

This is how seller sent it to me

 

[Steve1857]

Hall&Co homburg for Sools in black. Soze 60 with the brim at a generous 6,5cm and the crown at 11cm at the center dent. No label underneath the sweatband, so hard to say who the real maker was. The size label makes me think Fléchet.

This is how seller sent it to me

Another nice find, Stefan. You seem to be on a role. Congrats.

It's good to see the larger size hats are still to be found.

Though the sellers packaging leaves a lot to be desired, it was nothing the Dutch hat master couldn't fix.

 

[steur]

Another nice find, Stefan. You seem to be on a role. Congrats.

It's good to see the larger size hats are still to be found.

Though the sellers packaging leaves a lot to be desired, it was nothing the Dutch hat master couldn't fix.

Thank you, Steve. They're still out there and luckily steam is our friend.