Hat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This is a jaunty summer hat would have been worn for walking and casual activities. The small size is a counterpoint to the burgeoning voluminous skirts and bustles of the 1870s

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