Brown pillbox with faux fur trim
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 brown pillbox with faux fur trim. The exterior of the hat is made of three cut and sewn pieces. The crown and the bottom edge of the hat are made of brown silk synthetic blended satin weave. A band of black faux fur is machine sewn along circumference of hat. The brown silk synthetic on the bottom of the hat is folded at the center front. The sides of the hat are stabilized with white buckram. The inside of the hat is lined with brown silk synthetic blended satin weave. A silk synthetic blended petersham ribbon sweatband is machine stitched to the bottom edge of the hat. There is a woven label at the center back of the hat that reads [MEDIUM].
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: 2007.3.459
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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: silk synthetic satin, synthetic fur, buckram, and petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (8.3 × 19.7 × 21 × 49.6 cm)