Cap
With the advent of the motor car, drivers needed new type of headwear that provided protection against dust, cold and the sun. A brimmed cap became the style favored by drivers of open automobiles in the early 1900s. Here, the striking ocelot pattern would have given the wearer a dashing appearance, but a less expensive fur has been printed to look like a more luxurious and exotic pelt.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cap
- Date: ca. 1914
- Culture: American
- Medium: fur
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Mangini, 1968
- Object Number: 2009.300.1590
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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