"Cauliflower" headpiece

Title: "Cauliflower" headpiece
date created: 2013
designer: Deirdre Hawken (British, born Reading, 1945–2025)
has culture: United Kingdom
material: silk (textile); cotton (textile); synthetic; metal; pearl (animal material)
description: Deirdre Hawken (1945–2025) was a couture milliner whose surrealist creations resembled food items, from peaches to hard-boiled eggs to asparagus. This headpiece is meant to imitate a head of cauliflower, with leaves made of silk and cotton and florets formed from clusters of small pearls.
subjects/references: Cauliflower
collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art; View on Met Website
accession number: 2013.193