CAPTIVATING 1930s' BLACK "CORDE" TILT HAT WITH VEIL

This beautiful tilt hat is made of genuine black "corde", per the label inside.The hat is a round cap with a ring at the back to hold it in a tilted position. at one side of the front there are 2 circles made of corde, plus a veil. Let’s start with how the embroidery known as “corde” (French for “rope”) came to be. The machine that would later be modified to become the source of corde was credited to inventor Antoine Bonnaz, born in 1836 (d. 1915) in a small village in France. Bonnaz showed a talent for repairing tools and early machines at a very young age. Mesmerized by machinery, he eventually became a mechanic in a silk factory. After seeing how difficult the work was for hand-embroiderers, he developed the first embroidery machine by improving upon the first sewing machine, which was invented by Barthélemy Thimonnier (1793-1857) in order to replicate hand-sewing. Patented in 1830, Thimonnier’s machines initially caused such a stir that many were destroyed by tailors who were afraid the machines would ruin their businesses. Tilt hats were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were worn at an angle and held to the back of the head by a strap, rigid ring, elastic band beneath the hair, or a combination of these. Label: NEW YORK CREATION plus store label: LA ROSE HATS & GENUINE CORDE