Light blue geometric patterned hat with veil
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pillbox hat with an allover blue and cream geometric metallic pattern and a net veil. The hat base is constructed from stiff buckram. The exterior is composed of two pieces of geometric fabric; one circular piece for the crown, and a single piece for the hat sides, which is seamed together at the center back. Light green nylon net is hand stitched under the squatchee at the top of the crown. The interior of the hat is lined with blue and green rose print sheer synthetic gauze. A metal wire is stitched along the interior hat’s edge and a red Petersham ribbon lines the interior edge. There is no label.
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: 2007.3.508
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (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: nylon, with rayon ribbon, cotton, synthetic fiber, metallic thread, metal wire, and buckram
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 × 8 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (20.3 × 21 × 54 cm)