Pink wool felt hat with detached feather brim
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink wool felt skullcap (a) with a detachable pink feather brim (b). The pink skullcap has a slightly raised crown and a pink Petersham ribbon binds the brim of the hat. The interior of the felt hat is unlined. Elastic is looped through the proper right and left of the hat through the Petersham ribbon binding and is anchored at its ends with steel aglets. There is a yellow fabric tag stitched to the center back that reads Hélene. French Milliner. Washington, D.C.] in black text.
label: Description
content: The base of the detachable brim (b) is made from pink wool felt and has synthetic pink feathers glued around the entire surface. Milliner’s wire is sewn along the bottom edge of the brim.
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: 2007.3.490ab
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: a. wool, rayon, adhesive, elastic, plastic, steel, and wire
label: Medium
content: b. wool, synthetic feathers, adhesive, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a.): 2 3/4 × 7 × 7 1/4 × 18 1/2 in. (7 × 17.8 × 18.4 × 47 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b.): 4 × 11 × 10 × 29 1/2 in. (10.2 × 27.9 × 25.4 × 74.9 cm)