Cream wool top hat
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1980
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A cream wool felt top hat with cream silk ribbon trim. The crown of the hat is flat and slightly indented at the center. A white silk grosgrain ribbon hat band encircles the base of the crown. It is attached with hand stitches and has a decorative bow on the proper left side. The hat’s brim is upturned at the edges, slightly more on the proper right and left sides. White grosgrain ribbon binding is added to the edge of the brim with machine stitching. On the inside of the hat a black vinyl band is machine stitched around the inner circumference. At the center back of the hat there is a paper label that reads [MEDIUM WPL 4384 Made in U.S.A. 100% wool] in black ink. At the top of the crown there is a stamped label that reads [MADE IN U.S.A. MICROFELT QUALITY].
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: 2007.3.405
objectType: label: Type
content: top 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 felt, silk, synthetic fiber, and vinyl
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 13 × 22 1/4 in. (14 × 24.1 × 33 × 56.5 cm)