Pleated beret with rhinestones
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Manufactured by
content: Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970
label: Distributed by
content: Woodward & Lothrop, American, 1866 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A beret with three layers of pleats in a pale apricot shade of wool. Two decorative wool snaps with rhinestones connect the top and bottom pleated layers at the front of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined. An orange Petersham ribbon is stitched along the length of the interior crown. A gold fabric tag stitched over the Petersham ribbon at the center back seam reads [Woodward & Lothrop, Washington]. To the right of the label tag is a smaller fabric tag that reads [22] in a small, black, rounded rectangle. A label is branded into the interior of the hat that reads [Made in illegible. Merrimac Hat Corp. Bottom line of text is illegible.]
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
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: 2007.3.447
objectType: 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: wool felt with rhinestones, rayon ribbon and silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 8 in. (6.4 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm)