Evening bonnet
This quintessential form of the 1890s achieves the milliner's goal of artful decoration and refined taste. Feathers and stiffened bows were a popular choice to add to the height of a bonnet. The treatment of straw as ribbon makes an interesting statement, adding a level of integrity as well as femininity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening bonnet
- Designer: Healy
- Date: ca. 1892
- Culture: American
- Medium: straw, silk, metal
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Kilborne, 1958
- Object Number: 2009.300.1959
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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