Blue and yellow hat with silk flowers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Ronnie
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A beret style hat with blue, yellow and white silk flowers and an elastic strap (a). The base of the crown is made of white rayon faille covered in cream silk crepe. Flowers made of silk organza and possibly a silk synthetic blend are hand tacked to the surface of the crown, hiding the base fabric. The flowers are layered over each other, with the silk synthetic blend pieces on the bottom and the lighter organza pieces on top. Pistils made of synthetic fiber and white coating have been pulled through the center of the flowers, their ends are secured with floral tape to create a stem. The flowers are blue, white, and yellow, though substantial dye bleed has occurred, and the colors have blended. The hat band is made of green straw braid and is machine stitched to the crown. The hat is fully lined in bias-cut rayon faille with a small scale pink rose print. The lining is hand stitched along the hat band with green cotton thread. Black elastic cord with metal barbs is secured through two holes in the lining on the sides of the hat. The hat has a detached white woven fabric label (b) that reads [FASHIONED BY // Ronnie] in black text with an orange border.
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: 2007.3.471ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: berets
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: rayon faille, silk crepe, straw, silk organza, silk synthetic blend, synthetic fiber, tape, elastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C (a. beret): 1 1/2 × 10 × 10 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (3.8 × 25.4 × 26.7 × 55.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. label): 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (3.8 × 6.4 cm)