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PINK BUBBLE TOQUE

Creator(s): Esther Kirwan Steck (Designer)

Currently in storage


About this object

An oval box shaped hat with slight “sweet-heart” cut in the front, covered in salmon pink colored satin fabric, overlaid with gathered “bubble” shape made of nylon horsehair layered with peach colored braid. The braid has two seams over the top of the net. The braid gathers back at the front and at the base of the back to reveal the satin underneath. The maker’s name is loosely stitched inside in pink thread approx. 5”W x 1.25”H

Object name:
PINK BUBBLE TOQUE
Made from:
satin -- nylon horsehair -- open weave braid
Made in:
Washington, USA
Date made:
1959-1963
Size:
13.3 × 25.4 × 30.5 cm (5 1/4 × 10 × 12 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2012.9.30
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973