Hat

Unknown

1810–15 · cotton, silk, jet · Costume Institute

This shape of hat was worn both with riding habits of the period and as fashionable daywear. The buttons on the sides of the brim of this one probably held cords or ties to keep the hat from flying off during a gallop.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1810–15

Medium

cotton, silk, 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 Nathalie Swift, 1969