Roman soldiers’ floppy disks appear in the sun – History

1800 years ago, a Roman soldier wore a suntan in Egypt and underwent a arduous restoration and display at the Bolton Museum. Hats were stored in museums for 114 years, one of only three well-known survivors in the world, and are now one of the three preserved hats. It is too fragile to show to the public. Thanks to a local electrical manufacturing company, Ritherdon & Co. The funding of the pore felt was repaired, and the hat fixed in a box for over a century is now three dimensions.

Jacqui Hyman, textile protector of Restoration Studio, was engaged to restore the work.

“I have unique privileges to deal with and investigate the building and preserve this very rare felt hat.

“Due to its vulnerability, planning appropriate and sensitive treatment is crucial.

“The damage of the moth causes the areas where felt is missing, but the original shape of the hat is recreated by supporting and stabilizing the hand-dyed fabrics that support and stabilize these areas.”

The hat can be compared to the hat of about 200 hectares, which is believed to be a Roman soldier deployed by Egypt at that time. It has modifications to help wearers bravely have a high dome crown and wide floppy edges to prevent punishment for Egypt’s sunshine and dust storms.

Its broad edges are reminiscent of the Greek Petasos hat, traditionally worn by peasants, travelers, cavalry soldiers and Hermes gods, but the Petasos crown has a low crown that can embrace the head instead of this tall dome of Chapeau. In some descriptions of Patasos on pottery and coins, there does have a button on the top of the sun hat.

Its origins are not yet known. It was donated to the Chadwick Museum, the first museum in Bolton in 1911, to his 50-year career by groundbreaking archaeologist Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie. Bolton is an important textile manufacturing center in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the Chadwick Museum houses a large number of Egyptian textiles.

The hat can now be seen at the entrance of the Bolton Egyptian Gallery. It will remain there until September and then move it to its permanent location.