Hat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

As early as 1727 a French visitor to London noted that the "small hats of straw are vastly becoming. Ladies of the highest rank are thus attired when they go walking or make a simple visit." These straw or "chip" hats were worn pinned or tied to the head, often over a while mull mobcap.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art