Black velvet top hat with veil
date: label: Date
content: 1970s - 1980s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black, high crown velvet top hat with a black veil, red lining, and a slightly upturned brim. The understructure of the hat is formed from buckram that has been blocked to shape and then covered with three panels of black velvet. Two panels of velvet, seamed at the center back form the sides of the crown, and an ovular panel of velvet, covers the top of the crown. Black nylon net is adhered to the top of the hat and drapes down the hat’s entirety. A black woven ribbon bow is glued on top of the net, at the center of the crown. A hat band made from the same material runs along the slightly upturned brim of the hat. The hat is lined with three panels of red acetate that have been seamed together. A Petersham ribbon is stitched along the interior brim and A union label with illegible text is stitched over the ribbon at the center back.
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: 2007.3.514
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: silk velvet with nylon, rayon ribbon, cellulose acetate, buckram, metal wire, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 × 8 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 21 in. (12.7 × 21 × 22.2 × 53.3 cm)