Home/Symbols/Bandbox (hatbox)Bandbox (hatbox) SymbolismMarker of work and mobility—specifically millinery labor—contrasting with leisurely fashion.Common ThemesThe modern lens: urban life & speedMedium reflexivity (art about art)Human vs. natureGender & sexualityFashion & adornmentClass & inequalityLabor & workChildhood & innocenceArtworks Featuring This SymbolThe UmbrellasPierre-Auguste Renoir (about 1881–86)A sudden shower turns a Paris street into a lattice of <strong>slate‑blue umbrellas</strong>, knitting strangers into a single moving frieze. A bareheaded young woman with a <strong>bandbox</strong> strides forward while a bourgeois mother and children cluster at right, their <strong>hoop</strong> echoing the umbrellas’ arcs <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[5]</sup>.
