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Picture Hat

Feb 25, 2017 | by admin | Hat Resource | Articles

A picture hat is a wide-brimmed style with a shallow crown. Picture hats are usually elaborately embellished and normally worn towards the back of the head, framing the face. They have been popular since the 16th century and are sometimes called Gainsborough hats, due to the painter featuring them in many of his works (or “pictures”).

Picture hats of the 1960s and 1970s were characterized by taller crowns.

Written by TheVintageFashionGuild

See Also: Cartwheel Hat, Platter Hat


1938 Paulette wool picture hat -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1938 Paulette wool picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1930s / 1940s straw picture hat - Courtesy of thespectrum
1930s / 1940s straw picture hat
Courtesy of thespectrum
1940 Lilly Dache picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1940 Lilly Dache picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1940s wide brim felt picture hat - Courtesy of thespectrum
1940s wide brim felt picture hat
Courtesy of thespectrum
1940s natural straw and floral picture hat - Courtesy of Lady Scarletts
1940s natural straw and floral picture hat
Courtesy of Lady Scarletts
1950s straw and floral picture hat - Courtesy of thespectrum
1950s straw and floral picture hat
Courtesy of thespectrum
1950s Joseph s New York fur felt picture hat - Courtesy of poppysvintageclothing
1950s Joseph s New York fur felt picture hat
Courtesy of poppysvintageclothing
1952 Sally Victor picture hat -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1952 Sally Victor picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1955 Adolfo picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1955 Adolfo picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1955 Emme silk picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1955 Emme silk picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1956 Sally Victor picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1956 Sally Victor picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1958 Balenciaga picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1958 Balenciaga picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1950s Mia Pyrreck straw picture hat  - Courtesy of myvintageclothesline
1950s Mia Pyrreck straw picture hat
Courtesy of myvintageclothesline
1950s straw and floral picture hat - Courtesy of thespectrum
1950s straw and floral picture hat
Courtesy of thespectrum
1950s Seidenbachs Tulsa straw picture hat  - Courtesy of thespectrum
1950s Seidenbachs Tulsa straw picture hat
Courtesy of thespectrum
1985 Lanvin picture hat  -  Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1985 Lanvin picture hat
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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