Hat

Unknown

first quarter 19th century · straw, wool, cotton · Costume Institute

With its broad rim and very shallow crown, this straw hat imitates the eighteenth-century sun hats known as "bergères" for their bucolic associations with pastoral shepherdesses. However, the rudimentary woolen needlework and pristine (if faded) condition reveal this to be a much later homage.

Artist

Unknown

Date

first quarter 19th century

Medium

straw, wool, cotton

Culture

Swiss

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Pratt Institute, 1943