The Milliners  1904

by Edgar Degas

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 ...
Size: 
59.1 x 72.4 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty