High crown fabric hat with geometric print
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A high crown fabric hat with an allover geometric print. The base of the hat is constructed from buckram and has a “cut and sew” pattern exterior. The hat features a high crown and a foldable brim. The exterior is covered with a wax printed cotton plain weave fabric with shades of green, blue, orange, and black and metallic painted details. The hat crown is one panel and is seamed at the center back. The brim extends from the crown at about 3” from all sides. The interior of the hat is lined with black plain weave synthetic fabric. There is no label. The entire hat is machine stitched.
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: 2007.3.521
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: cotton, synthetic fiber, and paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 3/4 × 11 × 12 × 23 in. (14.6 × 27.9 × 30.5 × 58.4 cm)