Hat
Mlle. Louise
ca. 1890 · bast fiber, cotton, birds, feathers · Costume Institute
Use of woven bast fiber in this hat evokes a bird's nest. The design illustrates the popularity of using real birds as millinery trim.
- Artist
- Mlle. Louise
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- bast fiber, cotton, birds, feathers
- 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 Pratt Institute, 1943
