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James Laver once observed that an assemblage of "toppers" resembled factory chimneys and thus added to the mood of the industrial era. In England, post- Brummel dandies went in for flared crowns and swooping brims. Their counterparts in France, known as the " Incroyables", wore top hats of such outlandish dimensions that there was no room for them in overcrowded cloakrooms until the invention of the collapsible top hat. [10] [11] 20th century [ edit ] Illustration of a silk top hat in a 1915 U.S. advertisement. Hoffmann, Frank W.; William G. Bailey (1994-07-07). Fashion & merchandising fads. Haworth Press. p. 260. ISBN 1-56023-031-2. de Bono, Edward (1974). Eureka! An illustrated history of inventions from the wheel to the computer: a London Sunday Times encyclopedia. London: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p.88. ISBN 9780030126413. Hat Glossary (G)". Villagehatshop.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02 . Retrieved 2009-10-25.

His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, did not wear a top hat for any part of his inauguration in 1965, and the hat has not been worn since for this purpose. [13] Top hats in shule – Ask the Rabbi". OzTorah. 2013-11-21. Archived from the original on 2014-03-03 . Retrieved 2014-03-03. Apple, Raymond; Great Synagogue (Sydney, N. S. W. ). (2008). Raymond Apple, The Great Synagogue: A History of Sydney's Big Shule , University of New South Wales Press 2008, ISBN 978-086840-927-6 (p.144). UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868409276 . Retrieved 2014-03-03. According to fashion historians, the top hat may have descended directly from the sugarloaf hat; [2] otherwise it is difficult to establish provenance for its creation. [3] Gentlemen began to replace the tricorne with the top hat at the end of the 18th century; a painting by Charles Vernet of 1796, Un Incroyable, shows a French dandy (one of the Incroyables et Merveilleuses) with such a hat. [4] The first silk top hat in England is credited to George Dunnage, a hatter from Middlesex, in 1793. [5] The invention of the top hat is often erroneously credited to a haberdasher named John Hetherington. September 2007 - Obituary: Sir Nigel Althaus (the last Government Broker)". The Independent. 2007-09-01. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015 . Retrieved 2014-03-03.Abraham Lincoln's top hat". Civilwar.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-07-30 . Retrieved 2014-03-03.

Because of the rarity of vintage silk hats, and the expense of modern top hats, the vintage/antique market is very lively, with models in wearable condition typically hard to find; price often varies with size (larger sizes are typically more expensive) and condition. Between the latter part of 18th century and the early part of the 19th century, felted beaver fur was slowly replaced by silk "hatter's plush", though the silk topper met with resistance from those who preferred the beaver hat.

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For other uses, see Top hat (disambiguation). ca. 1910 top hat by Alfred Bertiel European royalty ca. 1859 Austin Lane Crothers, 46th Governor of Maryland (1908–1912), wearing a top hat The top hat is also known as a beaver hat or silk hat, in reference to its material, as well as casually as chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat. Webster's II New College Dictionary. Houghton Mifflin Reference Books. 1995. p. 848. ISBN 0-395-96214-5. Herbert, Luke (1827). The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 4. p.64. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28 . Retrieved 2016-09-26.