October 15, 2002 to September 28, 2003
Twenty-two hats from the Morse collection, spanning some 70 years in time, tell a story of fashion tasts of bygone eras and of three women who enjoyed selecting styles that best suited their own views of themselves.
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| BONNET, 1869-72 Purple ribbed silk trimmed with velvet foliage Moreau Didsbury, Paris (NY-012-010) |
Martha Owens Morse (1839 - 1903) and Elizabeth Morse Genius (1872 - 1928) were the wife and daughter, respectively, of Chicago industrialist and Winter Park philanthropist Charles Hosmer Morse for whom the Museum is named. Jeannette Genius McKean (1909 - 1989), his granddaughter, founded the Museum in 1942. The exhibition features bonnets, cloches, and flowery straws bearing labels from Chicago, New York, and Paris, all expressing the best of the milliner's art.
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