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Hatters from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades)

A 16th century engraving of two men and a boy working in a hatter's workshop.
Hatters from Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades), Jost Amman, 1568

Due to the environment and the black and white nature of the woodcut, it’s possible this depicts a fur hat rather than a thrum cap.

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