Purple hat with puckered fabric and rhinestones
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Mertize, American, founded 1951
label: Designed by
content: Mertis Mae, American, born 1922
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A purple, oblong hat (a), sometimes called a "pancake hat," covered in purple puckered fabric with original price tag (b). A line of faux crystal rhinestones encircles the outer crown of the hat. The interior of the hat is lined with a black synthetic fabric. A black Petersham ribbon lines the interior crown and a black, elastic chin strap is attached under the Petersham ribbon. A yellow fabric tag with a red border is stitched to the center back interior of the hat. The fabric tag reads [Mertize Millinery. Detroit, Michigan] in red font. The hat has an accompanying price tag reading [$50.00] printed in black on off-white paper.
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: 2007.3.569ab
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 silk, rayon, cellulose acetate, metal wire, buckram, elastic, rayon, Petersham ribbon, plastic, and rhinestone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 12 × 8 × 20 1/4 in. (6.4 × 30.5 × 20.3 × 51.4 cm)