Printed turban style hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Sophia
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A printed turban style hat with draping. The crown of the hat is flat and circular. The exterior of the hat is made of blue, yellow, and green abstract printed silk. The silk is draped across the hat at the center front. The drapery across the hat is secured with hand stitches. There are two decorative loops of green velvet hand stitched to the center front of the hat. The interior of the hat is made from buckram blocked in shape. The hat is lined in a light green synthetic silk brocade and secured to the edge of the hat with hand stitches. There is a hidden wire 1.25” from hat’s bottom edge. Braided silver metallic thread is hand stitched to the bottom edge of the hat. Under the metallic thread a green velvet band is stitched to the interior, this is partially visible from the outside. There is a label stitched to the inside of the hat at the center back that reads [AN original BY SOPHIE].
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
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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: 2007.3.423
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: silk, buckram, synthetic silk brocade, velvet, metallic thread, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 × 8 × 9 × 21 1/2 in. (10.2 × 20.3 × 22.9 × 54.6 cm)