Multicolored striped hat with bow
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Distributed by
content: Hecht's, American, 1857 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A striped brimmed hat with a large abstract bow. The exterior of the hat is made of striped silk synthetic satin in green, pink, and yellow. The top of the crown is flat and circular. The sides of the crown have three upward facing pleats. There is a large self-fabric bow at the center front of the hat on the bias stitched with wire on the bow's edge. The crown and brim are made of buckram and are machine stitched together. The brim is circular, the striped fabric on the exterior is set on the bias and slightly gathered and secured to the underbrim at an angle. A metal wire is placed at the edge of the brim. At the inside of the hat there is a petersham ribbon machine stitched to the edge of the crown. There is a label on the inside of the hat at the center back that reads [The Hecht Co. Washington, D.C.] in brown script.
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 collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
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
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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: 2007.3.424
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 satin, buckram, metal wire, and petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 9 3/4 × 10 × 21 in. (12.7 × 24.8 × 25.4 × 53.3 cm)