Evening bonnet

Jean Hamilton

ca. 1895 · silk, linen, jet · Costume Institute

Though produced in New York City, this bonnet achieves the level of quality found in France, where 19th century modistes set the styles immitated throughout the rest of Western Europe and the United States. The quality of materials and expertise in construction mark it as a singular achievement in American design.

Artist

Jean Hamilton

Date

ca. 1895

Medium

silk, linen, jet

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