Bonwit Teller hatbox belonging to Etta Moten Barnett
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Bonwit Teller , American, 1895 - 2000
label: Owned by
content: Etta Moten Barnett, American, 1901 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Bonwit Teller hatbox (a) and lid (b). The hat box (a) has an off-white background with a pattern of large blue and purple floral with green foliage design. It has a cream-colored cord to fasten down the lid threaded into the body of the box to create a second loop as a carrying handle. Handwritten on the side of the box in black ink is text that reads "Black Felt Fedora with Veil." The box is empty. The lid (b) is plain off-white background with green text in the center that reads “BONWIT / TELLER.”
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Etta Moten Barnett Archive
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.13.1.10ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hatboxes
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: cardboard and cord (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in. (28.3 × 17.5 cm)