Red velvet beret
date: label: Date
content: 1960-mid 1980s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red silk velvet beret. The top of the crown is flat and wide. The sides of the crown taper in slightly inwards at the bottom. The sides of the hat are made from red velvet cut on the bias with a seam at the center back. The thin hat band is made from bias cut velvet with buckram at the hat's interior acting as a stiffener. The inside of the hat is lined in silk faille with the sides of the crown and the brim cut on the bias. The hat has an inner sweatband made of rayon petersham ribbon. Machine stitches are used on both the interior and exterior of the hat for all the seams and the rayon ribbon.
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
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: 2007.3.429
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: berets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk velvet, silk faille, buckram, and rayon petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 × 8 × 9 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (10.2 × 20.3 × 24.1 × 52.1 cm)