Cream hat with faux pearl embellishments
date: label: Date
content: ca.1965
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cream hat with faux pearl embellishments. The hat is brimless and has a flat, circular crown. A circular piece of silk satin edged with fake pearls is stitched to the top of the crown. The cream silk satin surrounding the exterior of the hat is gathered underneath the circular panel at the top of the crown. The exterior fabric is set on the bias and has a diagonal seam at the center back of the hat. A flower with leaves and a stem made of faux pearls and bugle beads is tacked to the proper left side of the hat. The inside of the hat is made with handstitched buckram. The hat is unlined and unlabeled.
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
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: 2007.3.634
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: silk, faux pearls, buckram, and bugle beads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (8.9 × 16.5 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)