A printer's hat is a traditional, box-shaped, folded paper hat, formerly worn by craft tradesmen such as carpenters, masons, painters and printers.

In his illustration for Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a work of literature by Lewis Carroll . It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...

, John Tenniel

John Tenniel

Sir John Tenniel was a British illustrator, graphic humorist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of England’s 19th century. Tenniel is considered important to the study of that period’s social, literary, and art histories...

's carpenter wears a hat of this type.

Several self-portraits of Eric Gill

Eric Gill

Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement...

, and a photograph by Howard Coster

Howard Coster

Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926. He was a self-styled 'Photographer of Men'....

, in the National Portrait Gallery collection, show him wearing what appears to be a printer's hat.

External links

Instructions for folding different versions of this hat can be found at:

• http://www.metaltype.co.uk/photos/photo23.shtml
• http://www.edpadgett.com/blog/2006/05/making-printers-hat.html