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Chapeaugraphy, occasionally anglicised to chapography, is a novelty act and a busking trick in which a ring-shaped piece of
felt Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood ...
is manipulated to look like various types of
hat A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. Hats which incorporate mecha ...
s. The act originated in 1618 with
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ian street performer
Tabarin Tabarin was the street name assumed by the most famous of the Parisian street charlatans, Anthoine Girard (c. 1584 – August 16, 1633), who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe (as Mondo ...
, the most famous of the
charlatan A charlatan (also called a swindler or mountebank) is a person practicing quackery or a similar confidence trick in order to obtain money, power, fame, or other advantages through pretense or deception. Synonyms for ''charlatan'' include '' ...
s who combined a French version of '' commedia dell'arte'' with a quack
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. In the 1870s another French comedian, , revived the act and managed 15 hat-twisting styles in his act. Although rarely seen today, it was featured in an episode of ''
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'' in 1985, as performed by magician Harry Anderson. Types of hat that can be created: *
baseball cap A baseball cap is a type of soft hat with a rounded crown and a stiff bill projecting in front. The front of the hat typically displays a design or a logo (historically, usually only a sports team, namely a baseball team, or names of relevant c ...
* American and
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army hats from the Revolutionary War *
pirate Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
's hat * naval captain's hat * Mickey Mouse ears *
Ushanka An ushanka ( rus, уша́нка, p=ʊˈʂankə, from , "ears"), also called an ''ushanka- hat'' ( rus, ша́пка-уша́нка, p=ˈʂapkə ʊˈʂankə), is a Russian fur cap with ear-covering flaps that can be tied up to the crown of the ...
(a
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n fur hat) *
mortarboard The square academic cap, graduate cap, cap, mortarboard (because of its similarity in appearance to the mortarboard used by brickmasons to hold mortar) or Oxford cap is an item of academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board fixed up ...
(a graduation cap) *
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nun's headwear *
derby hat The bowler hat, also known as a billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. It has traditionally been worn ...
and several inventive others.


Notable chapeaugraphers

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Tabarin Tabarin was the street name assumed by the most famous of the Parisian street charlatans, Anthoine Girard (c. 1584 – August 16, 1633), who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his brother Philippe (as Mondo ...
, a French comedian, the creator of Le Chapeau de Tabarin. *{{ill, Monsieur Fusier, fr, Léon Fusier, another French comedian who revived the act. *
Félicien Trewey Félicien Trewey, born Félicien-François Trevey (23 May 1848 – 2 December 1920), was a French magician, mime, comedian, vaudevillian, tightrope walker, balance artist, dancer, musician, chapeaugraphist and shadowgraphist. The principal of T ...
, who brought the art form renewed interest and a new name, Treweyism, around the world in the 19th century after seeing Monsieur Fusier. * Paul Wildbaum, a Canadian physical comedy master. * Sir Richard, a New Zealand event host. * Fabrice, a French magician based on the Gold Coast in Australia, has an original routine which was presented at the Adelaide Magic Convention 2014. * Disguido, an Italian duo of Illusionists, have a routine dedicated to the history of cinema, prized with the " Mandrake d'Or", in 2013 in Paris ad with the Third place at the European Championship of Magic in Blackpool (UK). They have invented new types of figures: the phone, the horse and the grinder.


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Arturo Brachetti
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Félicien Trewey Félicien Trewey, born Félicien-François Trevey (23 May 1848 – 2 December 1920), was a French magician, mime, comedian, vaudevillian, tightrope walker, balance artist, dancer, musician, chapeaugraphist and shadowgraphist. The principal of T ...

The art of chapeaugraphy; or, Twenty-five heads under one hat
* http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cultura/quando-magia-nascosta-cappello-feltro-826726.htm

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