Not on display

Glove Hat

Hat
1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Straw hat, roughly conical shape, with pair of leather gloves pinned to the front. The gloves have red-painted fingernails.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGlove Hat (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Straw and leather
Brief description
Straw hat. Agar, Eileen, 1936. Trimmed with pair of fingernail gloves by Schiaparelli, Elsa, Paris.
Physical description
Straw hat, roughly conical shape, with pair of leather gloves pinned to the front. The gloves have red-painted fingernails.
Dimensions
  • Height: 255mm (Note: Display dimensions)
  • Width: 330mm (Note: Display dimensions)
  • Depth: 335mm (Note: Display dimensions)
  • Height: 195mm (Note: Not mounted)
Style
Production typeUnique
Credit line
Given by Mrs Jenny Fraser
Object history
Hats shaped like this one were often historically known as 'Coolie' hats. The term has fallen from usage and is now considered offensive.

Registered File number 1992/1219.
Production
Schiaparelli gloves are from her August 1936 collection

Reason For Production: Exhibition
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.169-1993

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Record createdApril 2, 2007
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