Blue hat with upturned white brim
date: label: Date
content: 1940s -1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blue hat with an upturned white brim. The hat crown, brim, and sides are made from navy blue synthetic straw that is blocked to shape. There is a low, circular crown and a navy blue 1” wide cotton blend Petersham ribbon adhered along the crown sides. The navy-blue brim extends 2.75” from the center front and .75” from the center back and is folded upward along the edges, creating a white upturned brim. A metal wire is sewn along the brim’s edge. There is an inner brim, measuring roughly 1.5” made from two layers of navy-blue synthetic straw. A navy quadruple looped bow with a center knot it hand tacked into place at the center front. A cotton blend Petersham ribbon lines the interior crown and woven navy-blue synthetic straw lines the inside of the hat. There is no label.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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: 2007.3.630
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: synthetic straw, synthetic cotton blend petersham (ribbon), and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 11 × 19 1/2 in. (8.9 × 26.7 × 27.9 × 49.5 cm)