Evening bonnet

Designer Jean Hamilton American
ca. 1895
Not on view
Though produced in New York City, this bonnet achieves the level of quality found in France, where 19th century modistes set the styles immitated throughout the rest of Western Europe and the United States. The quality of materials and expertise in construction mark it as a singular achievement in American design.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening bonnet
  • Designer: Jean Hamilton (American)
  • Date: ca. 1895
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: silk, linen, jet
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Pratt Institute, 1943
  • Object Number: 2009.300.1778
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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