Bonnet

Unknown

1830–35 · silk, feathers · Costume Institute

In the 1830s the fashionable coiffeur was hair pulled back in a high single- or double-looped chignon with dense grapelike bunches of curls at the temples. This hairstyle influenced the profile of hats of the period, which were characterized by narrow, deep, cylindrical crowns that were angled upward, and wide, face framing, halolike brims. Hat trims were particularly lavish, with the interiors of the brims, because they were exposed, also treated decoratively. This example is particularly rich in ornamentation and rare for the survival of all its embellishments.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1830–35

Medium

silk, feathers

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Isabel Shults Fund, 2004