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High-style verticality and luxurious material are blended with witty detailing in this fetching winter bonnet. The whimsical mink head ornament with upright tails evokes the playful and impish charm of the mischievous animal. Family history records that this hat was worn by the wife of Joseph Wechsler, a partner of the firm Wechsler and Abraham, predecessor to the great Brooklyn retailer Abraham & Straus.
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Title: Bonnet
Date: ca. 1870
Culture: American
Medium: fur, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Gustave Henry Schiff, 1951
Object Number: 2009.300.1451
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