Black hat with feather and fabric rose
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black hat with a feather and fabric rose. The brimless hat has a wide flat crown which tapers inwards at the bottom. The hat is made of synthetic novelty weave with plastic weft floats which gives the fabric a lustrous quality. A white ostrich feather is sewn to the top of the hat with monofilament thread, the plume extends outwards over the center front of the crown. A red fabric rose made of synthetic organza and synthetic plain weave is sewn with monofilament thread over top of the quill. Two green stems made of plastic tubing are at the back of the flower. The fabric is draped over a foundation of stiff paper and buckram that make up the top and sides of the hat. The fabric is gathered at the bottom of the crown. The hat is lined with black synthetic; two black fabric ties are sewn to the bottom of the hat made of the same fabric as the lining. A black synthetic grosgrain ribbon is hand whip stitched to the bottom of the hat at the interior with monofilament thread. The hat is 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
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: 2007.3.724
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 novelty weave, synthetic organza, synthetic, plastic, monofilament thread, paper, feather, synthetic, metal wire, and grosgrain ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 13 × 21 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (12.7 × 33 × 54.6 × 54.6 cm)