Figure 5. — Gansevoort Chapeau, fan down, ca. 1809-1812. 



the same material frame the V-shaped "loop" of %- 

 inch gold bullion which terminates in a gold New York 

 State "Excelsior" button.' The black silk cockade, 3/2 

 inches in diameter, is of rather elaborate layered con- 

 struction with a gold eagle of sophisticated design in the 

 center. The 3-inch wide sweatband is decorated in gold 

 both top and bottom, and the crown above it is lined 



with silk. There is a leather plume socket attached to 

 the cock behind the cockade and loop, and there is 

 evidence that both cock and fan were originally at- 

 tached to the crown with black ribbon. 



By 1812 the dimensions of the officers' chapeau had 

 grown somewhat, the fan to be not less than Dj/j 

 inches nor more than 11 inches high."" In 1813 these 



