American Hats – Summer 1902

This color illustration shows the heads and shoulders (busts) of six women who display summer hats. The woman in the center directly faces the viewer while the five other females surrounding her are in various three-quarter and profile head positions. All women have upswept hair styles. The busts are numbered.

Number 1 is a tan hat ornamented with bunches of purple and green grapes, grape leaves, and green ribbon. Her neckline shows a high collared black blouse with ruffled black pleats. Number 2 is a fluffy pink hat, possibly of chenille, with a garland of large pink roses, green leaves, and green ribbons and bows. Her high collared white blouse has pink beads as decoration around the collar, and over that she wears a light blue jacket or coat with a fluffy collar.

Hat number 3 is brown and light blue, woven like a straw hat, decorated with white lace appliques and light blue leaves or feathers on the crown. She wears a high necked pale blue blouse with a jabot, a brown jacke, and a fluffy brown boa. Hat number 4 is pale blue poufs decorated with white feathers around the brim. She wears a white high collared shirt with a red tie, and over that a white boa. Hat number 5 is medium green with an upturned brim edged with garlands of leaves, with flowers and leaves dangling at the back. Her outfit is gray with a gray boa.

Hat number 6 is white with the brim edged with woven through black ribbon. Black bows trim the underside of the turned up brim, and the crown is decorated with white flowers and black bows. Her outfit is a pale blue shirt with a high white collar worn with a deep maroon bow tie. She also wears a black ruffled boa.

Credit: The Claremont Colleges