Picture hat
Object type: Picture hat
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: French
Artist: House of Balenciaga|Cristobal Balenciaga
Artist bio: French, founded 1937|Spanish, Guetaria, San Sebastian 1895–1972 Javea
Artist role: Design House|Designer
Artist nationality: French|Spanish
Date: ca. 1958
Medium: straw, cotton
Credit line: Gift of Varney Thompson Elliott and Rosemary Thompson Franciscus, in memory of their mother, Margaret Whitney Thompson, 1985
Accession year: 1985