Hat on a Mannequin Head Limoges Box
A stylish hat perched on a mannequin head recalls the window displays of a Paris milliner's shop. It is a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box made in Limoges, France, a little tribute to the art of the hat maker.
The Milliner's Showroom
Before ready-to-wear fashion, hats were made to order and shown off on wooden heads in shop windows along the boulevards. This piece recreates that display, so the hat is presented as the star, just as a designer would have staged it for passing customers.
Fashion Week on the Shelf
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- Fits a hat, fashion or millinery grouping
- Pairs with hatbox, purse, shoe and perfume pieces
Dressed for the Occasion
Display it on a vanity, a dressing room shelf or a sewing room table where creative work happens. It makes a smart present for a fashion design graduate, a costume designer, a hairstylist opening a new salon, or a friend who never misses the Kentucky Derby. Anyone who spends weekends hunting vintage hats at flea markets will see themselves in it right away.
An Old French Fashion
Porcelain boxes became fashionable accessories in 18th-century France, carried for snuff, pills and the tiny beauty patches worn at court.