Hat

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This shape of hat was worn both with riding habits of the period and as fashionable daywear. The buttons on the sides of the brim of this one probably held cords or ties to keep the hat from flying off during a gallop.

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