Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse
2011
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2011
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Hat for Eating Bouillabaisse is a 2011 by Emily Sutton, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is Emily Sutton’s 2011 drawing of a hat so covered in shells and sea creatures it looks like a tiny ocean on your head. It was made to illustrate a children’s book set inside the Victoria and Albert Museum. The book’s heroine, Clara Button, spots the hat in the museum’s Fashion Department. Sutton drew it after leaving art school, so it’s fresh, playful work from 2008 onwards. Look up Emily Sutton.
This illustration by Emily Sutton depicts a hat adorned with shells and sea creatures, featured in the book *Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day* by Amy de la Haye. Part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Fashion Department setting, the drawing reflects Sutton’s stylized pattern and color approach, drawing from 20th-century illustrators and folk art traditions. The work aligns with her practice of incorporating museum and antique objects into her children’s book illustrations.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Emily Sutton is an English illustrator. She is known for her illustrations in children's picture books inspired by vintage artwork and old objects.
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