Picture hat

Caroline Reboux|Caroline Reboux

ca. 1910 · straw, silk · Costume Institute

As a counterpoint to the slender body silhouette of the period 1906-1913, hats expanded, often to enormous size, reaching their maximum circumference of two yards in 1911. Despite the full, wide hairstyles worn at the time, hats of this size required an interior bandeau to support the oversize crown on the head. This example, unfortunately now devoid of its trimming, has the distinction of being the largest in the Collection, at 66 inches around the brim.

Artist

Caroline Reboux|Caroline Reboux

Date

ca. 1910

Medium

straw, silk

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967