Pre 1900 Tam's

[Pleater]

I just measured some of mine - I have a pile of about half a dozen on the dresser.
They are done in crochet made to my grandmother's method, and she could just remember Queen Victoria.
The slightly domed ones are 32 cm across and the flatter ones 35 cm. (12 and 1/2 to 14 inches) They would have been a bit larger when newly made.
I suspect that she made them for one of her relatives who was a milliner, particularly during the great war when hats were still de rigeur for women and usually worn by boys and girls, but things were in short supply.

Anne the Pleater