Turban

Unknown

ca. 1820 · silk · Costume Institute

The "a la turque" style of headdress, influenced and inspired by the popular interest in Eastern cultures, was popular in the 1820s. This example is unusually large, making it visually dramatic. It could possibly have been worn with one of the higher, more elaborate hairstyles common during the period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1820

Medium

silk

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Anonymous gift, 1985