RARE Knox New York Twenty Saks-34th Custom Edge Bowler Hat 1930/1940s Brown Felt

This RARE vintage bowler style hat was made by Knox Twenty New York Hat Company. The inside band is marked with Saks-34th and Custom Edge, from the 1930s-1940s. Made of dark brown felt with a burgundy/maroon colored ribbon accentuating this timeless, classic hat. In excellent vintage condition! "The Knox Hat Company was founded in 1838 by Charles Knox. By the middle of the century, Knox Hats were sold all over America and manufactured in Knox’s Brooklyn factory – the largest hat factory in the world. This was the golden age of the top hat and Knox could name many famous Americans as his customers. 23 US Presidents wore Knox hats including Abraham Lincoln’s famous ‘Stovepipe’ hat. Lincoln famously kept important papers in his ‘Knox Stovepipe’. The Knox brand lasted until the great depression when in 1932 the three largest Hatters; Cavanagh, Dunlap and Knox merged to become the Hat Corporation of America (known as Hat-Co)." WWW.VINTAGESBYTIFFANY.COM