Gala hat
Late XIX century.Not on display
Black felt bicorn hat with red-and-yellow Rosette fastened by a clip with two gilt silver cords, attached to a golden button decorated with the words “Museum of Painting and Sculpture” around a palette with brushes. On the edges, two gold-thread tassels. This bicorn was part of the uniform of the attendants of the Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture, the predecessor of what is now the Prado Museum. It was made in the workshops of Justo Gómez, hatter to HRH the King.
Museo Nacional del Prado, Los objetos hablan: colecciones del Museo del Prado. Catálogo de la exposición itinerante, 2013-2016 [comisario, Fernando Pérez Suescun], Museo Nacional del Prado ; Obra Social "La Caixa", 2013