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Title
American hats, Spring 1903
Alternative Title
Hats for Spring and Summer
Publication Information
Ella Strong Denison Library
Contributing Institution
Claremont Colleges Library
Collection
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
Rights Information
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the Ella Strong Denison Library at http://www.scrippscollege.edu/denison/
Description
Nine black and white photographs of women numbered 7 through 15 model a variety of hats for Spring. Woman number 7, in the upper left, wears a dark dress with a white jabot. Her hat is covered with overlapping rows of leaves, Below her, woman number 8 wears a high necked white lace dress and has a dark straw flat-brimmed hat, adorned with white on the crown, and roses under the left side of the brim. Woman 9 wears a dark jacket over a white lace high necked blouse. Her hat is woven straw of wide strands with several large feathers on the crown. In the center column at the top, number 10 is wearing a white lace dress very similar to number 8. Her hat is covered with white lace, bows, and roses. Number 11 wears a gown or blouse of white lace with a white jabot. Her hat has a upstanding brim adorned with rows of small beads. At the side is a spray of feathers fastened with a round jeweled brooch. Number 12 wears a black outfit trimmed with white edged black ribbons, rows of white dots, black and white checks and lace at the collar, over a high necked striped collar. Her dark hat has a very high brim, trimmed with white lace at the edge, and filled with many white plumes. At the top of the right hand column, number 13 wears a dark patterned high necked blouse with a very deep white collar with a scalloped hem and inset diamond patterns. Number 14 wears the same dress as number 12. Her hat is a small brimmed white hat adorned with a group of white flowers, bows, and black dotted veiling. Woman number 15 has her back turned and wears a light jacket with a fluffy white jabot. Her hat is white with a banded brim turned up and trimmed with ruched dark velvet ribbon around the crown, and a jaunty feather at the side of the brim.
Type
image
Format
image/jp2
Identifier
fpc00537_0002.tif
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/fpc/id/564
Language
English
Subject
Beads
Blouses
Bows (Ribbon work)
Clothing and dress
Collars
Dresses
Feathers
Flowers
Hairstyles
Hats
Lace and lace making
Neckwear
Pearls
Ribbons
Women's clothing
Women's hats
20th C costume United States
Applique
Bonnets (hats)
Lace applique
Rosettes (Motifs)
Velvet
Time Period
1900-1909
American - Reconstructionist, 1865-1918
French - Third Republic, 1870-1940
United Kingdom - Modern, 1901-1919
Place
United States
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 8 x 11 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 11
Relation
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/fpc

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