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Hat
French
1900
Object Place: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Velvet, woven
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. H. de Forest Lockwood
Accession Number54.809
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
Catalogue Raisonné
7. Luxury
DescriptionVelvet hat in two shades of purple, shallow flat crown with brim of loosely folded deeper purple velvet trimmed with bow of lighter purple on left side and small purple feather plume, two small oval cut steel and brass buckles; woven label in crown: Mme Marie Collin Paris 8 Rue de Part-Mahon near the OPERA.
Silk velvet fabric (silk warp and pile; cotton weft).
Silk velvet fabric (silk warp and pile; cotton weft).
Provenance1954, gift of Maria Wheelwright (Mrs. Hamilton de Forest) Lockwood (d. 1969), Boston, to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 10, 1954)
NOTES:
[1] Worn by mother-in-law of donor at donor's wedding.
NOTES:
[1] Worn by mother-in-law of donor at donor's wedding.