Name/Title
Ladies Velvet HatEntry/Object ID
2022.2.22.4Description
This 19th-century lady's velvet hat is adorned by silk and gold ornaments with a ribbon tied about the chin.Use
Hat and bonnet styles were often changed in the 19th century. Beginning at a time when hats were created to match your profession and ending at a time when hats were fashioned to match your hair, one could call this time in history the century of style and fashion. Large, small, short, tall, simple, and grand; hats and bonnets changed often. Milliners were kept quite busy creating these artistic displays of one’s personality.Context
One defining moment during this fashion era was when hats were on their way to riding high on the head. Part of that story is told here:
"This change of millinery pace is attributed to the Duchesse de Fontanges. Having lost her riding hat during a royal hunt, the duchess tied up her blond curls with a ribbon garter. She was so complimented on the look by Louis XIV that her makeshift hairdo become a fashion craze. This was to be the forerunner of a high-crowned bonnet, aptly named the Fontange, that dominated millinery in the 1880s" (Reilly & Detrich, 1997, p.9).Location
Room
Textile RoomBuilding
Doty HouseSection with Park
Hueston Woods Pioneer FarmOhio State Park
Hueston Woods State Park
