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The doll (toy, tilt) hat was very popular during the late 1930s and early 1940s. They were small and worn perched on the head, tilted well over the forehead.

By 1937, tiny toy or doll hats resembled saucers piled high with fruits, flowers, and feathers.

Written by Ladyscarletts

See Also: Toy Hat, Tilt Hat


1937 Hattie Carnegie doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1937 Hattie Carnegie doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1937 Madame Suzy doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1937 Madame Suzy doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Pary Goodfellow cocktail doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Pary Goodfellow cocktail doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Sally Victor wool doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Sally Victor wool doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Schiaparelli doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Schiaparelli doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Selbine doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1938 Selbine doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1930s Seidenbachs Tulsa doll hat - Courtesy of thespectrum

1930s Seidenbachs Tulsa doll hat

Courtesy of thespectrum

1930s / 1940s doll hat - Courtesy of denisebrain

1930s / 1940s doll hat

Courtesy of denisebrain

1940 Milgrim doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1940 Milgrim doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1940 Schiaparelli doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1940 Schiaparelli doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1942 Mainbocher doll hat - Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1942 Mainbocher doll hat

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art