Regency Fashion: The Petersham

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THE PETERSHAM A connoiseur examining a fine painting was asked by a bye stander which part he most admired his answer was no part What observed the other is it 66
possible that so highly talented a production as this is ac knowledged to be can have no merits in your estima tion To which the connoiseur replied Sir a work so masterly in execution so striking in effect so per fect in all its parts cannot be truly estimated but as a whole Here then the picture is the Petersham the selection of beauties therein the difficulty To get rid of which be it sufficient to state that the prominent feature in this Hat is elegance of style strongly visible in all its parts and each part in unison with the whole which for tonish and exquisite dash has no competitor It will be seen from what is here stated that much as this Hat is capable of transfusing its graces to the wearer and who can doubt it some little attention to personal requisites is necessary which in stature should be over five feet seven and not too lusty countenance or com plexion is of little consequence but the visage should be oval such corresponding uncommonly well with the fine arched brim which forms nearly two fifths of a circle and when tastefully placed on the head with a slight inclination over the face so as to bring the fore point on a line with the tip of the nose such will be the result that whatever difficulty may attend a just description of its astonishing effects the advantages to a wearer will most assuredly be FELT

Lloyd’s Treatise on hats (1819)

This is part of a series on Gentleman’s Hats:

Regency Fashion: Gentlemen’s Hats

Regency Fashion: The John Bull Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Wellington Top Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tandem Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Tally-Ho Hat 

Regency Fashion: The Shallow

Regency Fashion: The Coburg 

Regency Fashion: The Marquis 

Regency Fashion: The Eccentric

Regency Fashion: The Regency 

Regency Fashion: The Kent

Regency Fashion: The Cumberland

Regency Fashion: The Vis-A-Vis

To read more about the namesake, Lord Petersham: Regency Men: Lord Petersham 

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