Hat

Walker Importer

ca. 1902 · feathers, silk · Costume Institute

Hats which perched on the large hairstyles with notable forward thrust were a dominant style of the early Edwardian period. This elegant example shows a particularly refined and harmonious integration of materials, color and form by its coordination of tones between velvet and feathers and skillful application of feathers to accentuate the shape.

Artist

Walker Importer

Date

ca. 1902

Medium

feathers, silk

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 Virginia Inness-Brown, 1986