Cap

Unknown

ca. 1914 · fur · Costume Institute

With the advent of the motor car, drivers needed new type of headwear that provided protection against dust, cold and the sun. A brimmed cap became the style favored by drivers of open automobiles in the early 1900s. Here, the striking ocelot pattern would have given the wearer a dashing appearance, but a less expensive fur has been printed to look like a more luxurious and exotic pelt.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1914

Medium

fur

Culture

American

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of George Mangini, 1968