Boudoir cap

ca. 1917

Not on view

Although both day and evening wear was developing a cleaner silhouette and a more masculine air in the years after World War I, lingerie was free to maintain a dainty femininity suitable to the bedroom, as can be seen in this charming boudoir cap. The sculpted appearance and light, airy look is effected through the use of ruffled pleating, streamers, and lace. While earlier boudoir caps tended to be in the mob cap style, with a puffed crown corresponding to the fuller hairstyles, this cap's close, low fit parallels the cloche style of day hats and the jeweled evening caps just coming into fashion.

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Title: Boudoir cap
Date: ca. 1917
Culture: American
Medium: silk, cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Lee Lieberman, 1964
Object Number: 2009.300.2866
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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