Hat
Hats of the 1910s are distinctive from the previous decade in the use of clearly discernable shapes and simplified but refined trims. Working on a basic straw body, the designer of this hat has demonstrated her bravado in the spontaneous handling of the ribbon, swathing it around the crown and brim and over the edges, and allowing it to bend the brim over as if haphazardly. This fluid treatment of the fabric parallels the wrapping and draping of garments from the same period. The flower, a very basic four-petal form edged in beads, is particularly beautifully made and applied.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hat
- Date: 1914
- Culture: American
- Medium: straw, silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Alice G. Fell, 1960
- Object Number: 2009.300.1985
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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