Hat Pins by Eve Eckstein
Hats replaced bonnets as headgear for women around the 1890s and hat pins were needed to secure the hats firmly; they were essential for the larger hats worn around 1910–12. The hat-pin industry expanded rapidly, producing pins of many materials, styles and qualities. Hat pins were necessary for everyday wear as well as for sports and motoring. Suffragettes used them as offensive weapons and were not allowed to wear them when they appeared in court. By-laws prohibited hat pins from being worn with protruding unprotected points and contemporary cartoons poked fun at their use.Eve Eckstein collected hat pins for over twenty years and gathered knowledge of hat pins and their place in social history.
June Firkins has been actively engaged in the antiques trade since the 1970s. She has given lectures and demonstrations on various aspects of social history.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780747801825 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747801827 |
| Title | Hat Pins |
| Author | Eve Eckstein |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2006-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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