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.
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See Also: Cartwheel Hat, Platter Hat
1938 Paulette wool picture hat
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1930s / 1940s straw picture hat
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1940 Lilly Dache picture hat
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1940s wide brim felt picture hat
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1940s natural straw and floral picture hat
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1950s straw and floral picture hat
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1950s Joseph s New York fur felt picture hat
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1952 Sally Victor picture hat
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1955 Adolfo picture hat
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1955 Emme silk picture hat
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1956 Sally Victor picture hat
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1958 Balenciaga picture hat
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1950s Mia Pyrreck straw picture hat
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1950s straw and floral picture hat
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1950s Seidenbachs Tulsa straw picture hat
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1985 Lanvin picture hat
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