Bonnet

Camille

ca. 1900 · horsehair, cotton · Costume Institute

Paris was the unrivaled center for creative fashion design in the 19th and early 20th century, a fact no less true for millinery than garments. The maker's creativity and originality shines through in this example in the combination of highly naturalistic lilacs with dexterously crafted abstract grapes. The use of horsehair to create the grape forms provides an appealing connection to the masterfully draped body of the hat.

Artist

Camille

Date

ca. 1900

Medium

horsehair, cotton

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Princess Viggo in accordance with the wishes of the Misses Hewitt, 1931