concept
opera hat (shapoklyak)
opera hat
also: шапокляк, shapoklyak
A collapsible silk top hat that could be flattened for carrying under the arm -- fashionable men's headgear of the 1880s that the newly rich Balabaikin plans to buy.
Reading notes
- The Wallet §13 opera hat
A collapsible silk top hat (a shapoklyak) that could be flattened for carrying -- fashionable gentleman's headgear in the 1880s.