The floppy wearing a Roman soldier in Egypt 1,800 years ago was felt that it had been restored to a great deal of work and was presented to the Bolton Museum. Only one of the three is known to survive in the world, and now the best safe, hat has been in storage in the museum for 114 years. It was very fragile to show the public. Thanks to the financing of a local electrical manufacturing company, Reminden & Company, Holi Wool Fleet was repaired and a hat that has been flat in a box for more than a century is now three -dimensional.
The restoration studio’s textile conservator Jackie Heman was busy reinstating the piece.
“I had the unique honor of handling and investigating construction and protecting this very rare hat.
“Proper and sensitive treatment planning was important because of its fragility.
“The lost areas were felt as a result of the damage caused by insects, but by helping and stabilizing these areas with similar color fabric, the original form of the hat was re -prepared.”
The hat is compared to around 200 AD, and it is believed that it belongs to the Roman soldier stationed in Egypt near the time. It has been modified to help brave the dressing environment, which has a high dome crown and a wide, floppy brime to prevent Egyptian sun and sand storms from punishing.
Its wide edge is reminiscent of the Greek Petasus Heat, which traditionally worn by farmers, travelers, horsemen and gods Hermes, but Patasos had a low crown that embraced the head instead of the high dome of the Chopo. The clay cap contains the top button in some pictures of the pots and coins on the coins.
Its origin is unclear. It was donated to Bolton’s first museum in 1911, the Chadwick Museum, which excavated several places in Egypt in his 50 -year career by archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Patri. Bolton was an important center of textile manufacturing in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and was a huge collection of Egyptian textile at the Chadwock Museum.
The hat can now be seen at the entrance of Bolton’s Egypt galleries. It will be there until September, after which it will be moved to its permanent location.
