Purple hat with rhinestone star
date: label: Date
content: 1950s - 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A draped purple brimless hat (a). The exterior of the hat is made of purple acetate. Two raised circle self-fabric bands are sewn to the top of the crown. The hat is gathered with machine-stitching where the raised circle meets the hat’s body. The purple acetate is also gathered at the bottom edge of the hat. The hat curves in an inverted "V" shape at the center font and back. The inside of the hat is lined in a silver and black metallic silk acetate novelty weave. Wire is placed at the bottom edge of the hat and the edge of the fabric is folded to the interior. A petersham rayon ribbon sweatband is machine stitched to the interior edge of the hat. Bias cut buckram is placed at the edge of the hat hidden underneath the sweatband. A star shaped broach (b) made of rhinestones set in metal is meant to pin to the center front of the hat. The hat also has a matching hat pin (c) with a lavender plastic pin head.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Millinery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.443abc
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: a. acetate, silk acetate, petersham rayon ribbon, buckram, and metal wire
label: Medium
content: b. metal and rhinestones
label: Medium
content: c. metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C (a. hat): 4 1/2 × 7 × 8 1/2 × 22 1/4 in. (11.4 × 17.8 × 21.6 × 56.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b. rhinestone star): 1 × 1 × 1/2 in. (2.5 × 2.5 × 1.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c. lavender pin): 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 0.6 cm)