Blue net cap with flowers
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 blue cap composed of a light blue stiff net understructure. The sides of the hat are covered with nine blue fabric flowers with petals composed of silk acetate and synthetic velvet. Paper pistils painted with a pearl coating are at the center of each flower. The fabric flowers are attached to the hat with adhesive. A wire is sewn along the hat’s bottom edge and is encased with a velvet binding. The interior of the hat is unlined and 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: 2007.3.483
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: silk cellulose acetate, nylon net, synthetic velvet, adhesive, backing, paper, and paint coating
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 21 in. (11.4 × 19.1 × 21.6 × 53.3 cm)