Cream fur cloche
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Gibbe Hat
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cream fur felt cloche. The hat is made from one piece of blocked fur felt. The fur on the exterior has been brushed giving it a fuzzy texture. The top of the crown is flat and slightly rounded. The crown and the brim of the hat fit closely to the head. The brim of the hat tapers outwards at the bottom. There is a gathering stitch that runs along the interior of the hat at the brim for shaping. The edge of the brim is folded inward over a hidden metal wire. A tan petersham ribbon is machine stitched along the edge of the brim at the interior. The ribbon hides the edge of the felt and shaping wire. There are two labels at the center back of the hat. The first label is white and reads [PARIS Gibbé Hat NEW YORK]. The second label reads [22]. There is a stamped label at the top of the crown at the interior that reads [Merri Soie].
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.
place: label: Place collected
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Millinery
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2007.3.409
objectType: label: Type
content: cloches
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: fur felt, petersham ribbon, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 9 × 20 1/2 in. (15.9 × 21 × 22.9 × 52.1 cm)