Navy blue hat with bow
date: label: Date
content: ca.1960
name: label: Created by
content: Martelle
label: Distributed by
content: Franklin Simon & Co., 1902 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A fur navy blue hat with a rounded crown. A pre-tied bow made of petersham rayon ribbon is glued to the center back of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined and has a black petersham rayon ribbon sweatband. Metal wire is sewn around the circumference of the hat under the petersham ribbon. A label is sewn to the interior and reads [Franklin Simon] in black thread. Faded text in white is stamped to the crown’s interior that reads [Martelle].
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: New York City, New York, 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: 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: 2007.3.537
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, wire, petersham rayon ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 × 8 1/2 × 8 × 22 in. (10.2 × 21.6 × 20.3 × 55.9 cm)