Flower petal pillbox hat with netting
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pillbox hat (a) with purple flower petal decorations with netting. The top of the crown is flat with the sides of the hat extending straight down. The base of the crown is made from purple buckram. The hat's exterior is adorned with purple and green gradient silk velvet petals attached with adhesive. A nylon net veil is tacked to the center of the crown and extends off the sides of the hat. Chenille pom poms are added across the veil along with iridescent rhinestones at the center front. There is a metal wire covered with purple velvet ribbon that surrounds the edge of the hat at the interior. A white label is sewn along the metal wire and reads [UNION MADE GO 047149 IN U.S.A.] with a [UNITED HATTERS CAP & MILLINERY W’KRS – INT. UNION] seal in black script. The paired hat pins are made of metal with a plastic lavender teardrop shape at the end of one and a pink sphere other (b and c).
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: 2007.3.406abc
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: a. silk velvet, buckram, chenille, rhinestones, metal, and adhesive
label: Medium
content: b. & c. metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a. hat): 2 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 21 in. (7 × 19.1 × 19.1 × 53.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. & c. pins): 2 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 0.6 cm)