Opera hat
An opera hat, also called a Script error: No such module "Lang". or gibus, is a top hat variant that is collapsible through a spring system, originally intended for less spacious indoor venues, such as the theatre and opera house.
Typically made of black satin, it folds vertically through a push or a snap on the top of the hat for convenient storage in a wardrobe or under the seat. It opens with a push from underneath.
Name
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In English, the hat model is usually referred to as a collapsible top-hat, gibus or more often opera hat.[1]
History
The construction may originally have been inspired by a historical hat model called Script error: No such module "Lang". ('arm hat'), made as bicorne or tricorne to be carried folded under the arm.[2]
On 5 May 1812, London hatter Thomas Francis Dollman patented a design for "an elastic round hat" supported by ribs and springs. His patent was described as:
Some sources have taken this to describe an early folding top hat,[3][4] although it is not explicitly stated whether Dollman's design was specifically for male or female headgear. Dollman's patent expired in 1825.[5] Operating from Poissy, Paris, France, around 1840, Antoine Gibus's design for a spring-loaded collapsible top-hat proved so popular that hats made to it became known as gibus.[6][7]
The characteristic snapping sound heard upon opening a gibus suggested a third name, the Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang". being the French word for 'slap'.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ www.silktophats.eu: History of the top hat
- ^ Quinion, Michael. Why is Q always followed by U? Penguin Books. 2009 Template:ISBN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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 978-0-03-012641-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sichel, Marion (1978). The Regency. London: Batsford. pp. 24–25. ISBN 9780713403428.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Herbert, Luke (1827). The Register of Arts, and Journal of Patent Inventions, Volume 4. p. 64.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Gibus" Opera Hat". McCord Museum. Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hat Glossary". Villagehatshop.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of Hats". Lock Hatters. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
External links
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- Les Gibus une famille de chapelier (in French)
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