3-035-500 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Milliners, about 1882-before 1905. Two milliners sit at a dramatically angled worktable, their bodies partly obscured by the shadowed hat stands that crowd their work space. Seen as little more than a silhouette, the figure at right works carefully on a hat. Her attentiveness is not shared by her older counterpart who, though grasping a swath of pink fabric, appears lost in thought, gazing beyond the frame with a disquieting expression. The brightly coloured ribbons - pink, yellow, orange, and green - draw attention to the drabness of the room and its inhabitants.