Blue hat with upturned brim
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Pon Tello Inc., American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A fuzzy teal blue hat with an upturned brim in the front. The hat is made of blocked fur felt with brushed fur felt on the exterior. The top of the crown is rounded and fits closely to the head. The brim of the hat is upturned at the front, it tapers downwards at the sides and is unfolded at the center back. The brim is made of brushed fur felt on both sides. The felt on the inside of the crown is unbrushed. There is a petersham ribbon sweatband machine stitched at the bottom of the crown. Stiffening wire is placed under the sweatband and at the base of brim. There is a label on the inside of the hat at the center back sewn to the sweatband that reads [Pon Tello INC. ORIGINAL WASHINGTON, D.C.]. A label is stamped on the inside of the hat at the top of the crown that reads [La Vienne IMPORTED BODY MADE IN AUSTRIA].
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.
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
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: 2007.3.419
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: fur felt, petersham ribbon, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 9 × 9 × 24 1/4 in. (12.7 × 22.9 × 22.9 × 61.6 cm)