Mourning hat

Designer West's American

ca. 1888

Not on view

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Title: Mourning hat
Designer: West's (American, founded 1853)
Date: ca. 1888
Culture: American
Medium: silk, feathers
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George F. Hoag, 1959
Object Number: 2009.300.1524
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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