Evening hat

Gellert Sisters Millinery Importers

ca. 1905 · silk, hair, straw · Costume Institute

Evincing the continuous pendular swings of fashion, the mobcap shape of this hat is comical to modern sensibilities, but was a stylish form in the early 20th century. The exaggerated size is an important feature of the period, as is the attention to varied and appealing decoration, seen in the individualistic flowers of velvet, satin, and tulle, the horsehair braid embroidered with straw twine, and the attractive shirred lining.

Artist

Gellert Sisters Millinery Importers

Date

ca. 1905

Medium

silk, hair, straw

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 Mrs. Stephen Griswold, 1959