Morning cap

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This elegant and detailed morning cap with refined details would have been worn primarily at home in the early part of the day as an informal head covering, prior to donning the more formal structured bonnets required for the afternoon or evening. It follows the same silhouette as the period's fashionable hats and bonnets constructed of more rigid materials such as straw.

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