Bonnet
1882
Medium
silk, metal
Classification
Bonnet
Culture
French
Department
Costume Institute
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Amelia Beard Hollenback, 1966
Accession Number
2009.300.2094a, b
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegance of 1880s French fashion with *Bonnet* by Madame Henry, a creation from 1882 now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute.ed from luxurious silk adorned with metal accents, this headpiece exemplifies the exquisite millinery artistry of the era. Madame Henry, a skilled French modiste, captured the refined aesthetic of Second Empire style, where bonnets served as both functional accessories and statements of sophistication. In the late 19th, bonnets like this one reflected the transition from voluminous Victorian silhouettes to sleeker profiles, blendin...