Hat
ca. 1934 (made)
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The construction of this dramatic feather hat echoes the close-fitting hats of the 1920s. However, the addition of the bird with open wings, is in keeping with the more sculptural silhouettes of 1930s headwear. This hat is a much lighter interpretation of the fashion for hats featuring birds and wings, popular in the period 1905-1915.
The hat was designed by the millinery house of Caroline Reboux. From the 1870s until the 1930s the label of Caroline Reboux (1837-1927) dominated Parisian millinery fashions. Caroline Reboux began her career as a penniless but talented young milliner. Her work was discovered and promoted by the fashionable Princess Pauline de Metternich and in turn attracted the custom of the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. In later years the House of Reboux was run by the milliner Lucienne Rabaté.
Reboux was known for her clean, simple style using fabrics such as satin, velvet and felt which were draped or cut with a minimum of added or fussy details. Feathers were a favourite embellishment. In the 1920s Reboux was highly regarded for her cloche-style hats, which were often cut and formed on the client's head.
The hat was designed by the millinery house of Caroline Reboux. From the 1870s until the 1930s the label of Caroline Reboux (1837-1927) dominated Parisian millinery fashions. Caroline Reboux began her career as a penniless but talented young milliner. Her work was discovered and promoted by the fashionable Princess Pauline de Metternich and in turn attracted the custom of the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. In later years the House of Reboux was run by the milliner Lucienne Rabaté.
Reboux was known for her clean, simple style using fabrics such as satin, velvet and felt which were draped or cut with a minimum of added or fussy details. Feathers were a favourite embellishment. In the 1920s Reboux was highly regarded for her cloche-style hats, which were often cut and formed on the client's head.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Feathers |
| Brief description | Cap with feathers, designed by Lucienne Rabaté for Caroline Reboux, Paris, ca. 1934. |
| Physical description | Tip-tilted cap entirely covered with blue feathers and trimmed with a flying bluebird mount. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Frank Wooster |
| Summary | The construction of this dramatic feather hat echoes the close-fitting hats of the 1920s. However, the addition of the bird with open wings, is in keeping with the more sculptural silhouettes of 1930s headwear. This hat is a much lighter interpretation of the fashion for hats featuring birds and wings, popular in the period 1905-1915. The hat was designed by the millinery house of Caroline Reboux. From the 1870s until the 1930s the label of Caroline Reboux (1837-1927) dominated Parisian millinery fashions. Caroline Reboux began her career as a penniless but talented young milliner. Her work was discovered and promoted by the fashionable Princess Pauline de Metternich and in turn attracted the custom of the Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. In later years the House of Reboux was run by the milliner Lucienne Rabaté. Reboux was known for her clean, simple style using fabrics such as satin, velvet and felt which were draped or cut with a minimum of added or fussy details. Feathers were a favourite embellishment. In the 1920s Reboux was highly regarded for her cloche-style hats, which were often cut and formed on the client's head. |
| Bibliographic reference | Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.378-1974 |
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| Record created | September 19, 2007 |
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