Brown felt hat with feathers and bow
date: label: Date
content: 1940s-mid 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Knickerbocker Fashions, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A brown felt hat with feathers and a bow. The hat has a rounded crown, a self-fabric bow is sewn on the proper left side at the base of the crown. Two orange feathers are sewn above the bow, the ends of the quills are inserted into a black plastic holder to keep them together. The crown and the brim are made of two separate pieces of wool felt. The napped side of the felt is used on the exterior of the crown and on the interior side of the brim. The edge of the brim is upturned, and machine sewn, a metal wire is placed at the edge of the brim. A brown cotton rayon blend petersham ribbon is machine sewn to the base of the crown at the interior. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior and reads [Knickerbocker / fashions / WASHINGTON, D.C].
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
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: 2007.3.763
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: wool felt, feathers, cotton rayon blend petersham ribbon, adhesive, plastic, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/2 × 15 × 13 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (8.9 × 38.1 × 33.7 × 51.4 cm)