The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Veil

Date:: ca. 1830
Culture:: British
Medium:: silk
Dimensions:: 37 in. (94 cm)
Credit Line:: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Rose S. Hoyt, 1954
Accession Number:: 2009.300.3510

This artwork is not on display

Description

Hat veils like this were worn both to partially conceal the face modestly and also off the face, around the hat, to decorate it, as well as to facilitate flirtatious glances.
See also
What
Costume (41,678)

Silk (32,922)

Headcloths (349)

Veils (178)
Where
Europe (148,586)

United Kingdom (25,557)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
Costume Institute (34,166)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great Britain and Ireland, 1800–1900 A.D.

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