Red faux flower hat
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 bucket-shaped hat covered in red fabric flowers. The understructure of the hat is composed of buckram that has been blocked to shape. The exterior is covered with red cellulose acetate fabric and ten red faux flowers made from velveteen and synthetic plain weave (possibly acetate?) fabric. The flowers are adhered to the hat’s surface in an overlapping arrangement, obscuring the red fabric underneath. Each flower’s petals have been dyed black. The flower pistils are made from painted thread and paper. A wire runs along the bottom edge of the hat and is concealed by a Petersham ribbon that has been folded over and machine stitched into place. The interior of the hat is lined with viscose satin fabric. 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: 2007.3.512
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: synthetic fiber with cellulose acetate, paper, buckram, metal, paint, velveteen, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 7 × 8 1/4 × 22 in. (14 × 17.8 × 21 × 55.9 cm)