Bonnet

H. O. Hanlon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This quintessential bonnet of the early 1880s belonged to Amelia Beard Hollenback (1881-1917), wife of prominent financier and philanthropist John Welles Hollenback (1834-1923). Made by the Brooklyn-based milliner H.O. Hanlon, Amelia likely wore this bonnet for at the family's mountaintop retreat in Glenn Summit (Pocono Mountains) for formal teas, luncheons and lawn parties. As is apparent from the high quality straw, refined ribbon and realistic artificial flowers, millinery materials were extraordinarily crafted and highly regarded in this period.

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