Panama hat

ca. 1928

Not on view

While little is known about the milliner Eugénie Safontas, the quality of the hats given to the Brooklyn Museum collection by Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr. bearing the label of her shop in Biarritz indicates she adhered to the highest standards of craftsmanship. In this example from the late 1920s, she has created a women's summer hat cleverly uniting the woman's cloche style with the man's panama style in vogue at the time. Made of fine balibuntal straw like a man's panama hat, it also bears the characteristic crown ridge of the man's style. Instead of the traditional smooth grosgrain hatband however, the milliner has worked the silk ribbon to create a tailored leaf-like garland, bringing a feminine touch to this stylish hybrid.

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Title: Panama hat
Designer: Eugénie Safontas
Date: ca. 1928
Culture: French
Medium: straw, silk
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967
Object Number: 2009.300.2113
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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