Pink cap with rose and feathers
date: label: Date
content: 1950s-1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Jelleff's, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink cap with a rose and feathers. The brimless hat is made of blocked low-pile pink fur felt. Two strips of pink synthetic (possibly acetate) satin are pleated and intertwined along the circumference of the hat's exterior to create a braid-like appearance. Satin strips are attached to the hat with tacking stitches. A rose and leaves made of the same pink satin are attached at proper left side of the hat with a combination of tacking stitches and straight pins. The petals have been secured with adhesive. The stem is made of a metal wire wrapped in pink floral tape and attached to the crown with tacking stitches. There are five satin leaves with wired midribs secured into the stem and arranged next to the rose. A sprig of thin pink feathers is attached beneath the satin rose with adhesive. Pearl and glitter beads incorporated into the stem are arranged at the proper left side of rose. Fur felt covered metal grips are at the proper right and proper left sides. Wire is attached along the circumference of hat's interior and is bent in a backwards in a “L” shape at either side to create the grips. A pink petersham ribbon is machine stitched to a band of felt at the hat's interior. A paper covered metal wire is attached along the edge of the felt with zig zag stitching. The hat has a woven label at the center back that reads [Frank R. Jelleff // INC. NEW YORK // WASHINGTON D.C.]. A printed label at the top of the crown at the interior reads [FUR FELT // BODY BY // Mallory] around an escutcheon bearing a lion.
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.
place: label: Place collected
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: 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: 2007.3.467
objectType: label: Type
content: caps (headgear)
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: fur felt, synthetic satin, adhesive, metal wire, feathers, beads, rayon petersham ribbon, and paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 16 1/2 in. (8.3 × 18.4 × 19.1 × 41.9 cm)