Black straw hat with black ribbon
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black fedora-style hat with a black ribbon hatband. The hat is composed of woven black straw that has been molded to shape. A hat band made from a black Petersham ribbon is adhered along the outside of the hat where the brim and the crown meet. The hat band features a black bow made from the same material; it’s handstitched to the hatband on the proper right. There is a metal wire sewn along the edge of the brim of the hat that is secured into place with three rows of machine stitching. The interior of the hat is unlined and there is a black Petersham sweatband sewn to the interior crown. There is no label.
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: 2007.3.510
objectType: label: Type
content: fedoras
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: straw with rayon Petersham ribbon, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 3/4 × 11 × 12 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (12.1 × 27.9 × 31.1 × 54.6 cm)