Chapeau de Bras of Captain John Woodmansee and Grand Canal Hat Box, America, c. 1830, the beaver felt hat with woven eagle-decorated binding tape and silver bullion cord, silk lining with "WILDMAN & HAMILTON" hat makers of Hartford label and red feather plume, housed in a wallpaper-covered box with scenes of the Erie Canal printed in white and brown on a blue background, with a property deed to Woodmansee and provenance documents, ht. 9, wd. 16 1/2 in. Provenance: Siro Toffolon collection. The property of Brian and Pam Ehrlich