Black diamond shape pillbox with veil
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
label: Distributed by
content: Franklin Simon & Co., 1902 - 1979
notes: label: Description
content: A black, wool, diamond shaped pillbox hat with a black, lace veil that begins at the top center front and ends in a bow-like shape at the center back. There is a center seam that goes from the front to the back of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined and a black Petersham ribbon is sewn along the interior crown. Stitched to the center back over the Petersham ribbon is an orange fabric tag that reads [Franklin Simon’s Fifth Avenue, New York.] To the right of the fabric tag is a blue and white union label that reads [New York Creation//22]. The verso of the union tag has a series of numbers along the left side that read [67(8?)733//Mfd. Under Fair Labor Standards//Consumers Protection Label]
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.
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: 2007.3.473
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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: wool and nylon with synthetic fiber ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 × 8 × 9 1/2 × 21 in. (7.6 × 20.3 × 24.1 × 53.3 cm)