Brown bowler with hat band
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A brown wool felt bowler with a hat band. The body of the hat is made of brown wool felt. The top of the crown is rounded and tapers straight downwards. Hidden paper stiffener is placed on the bottom two thirds of the crown. There is a brown rayon petersham ribbon hat band that is adhered to the base of the crown. A bow is placed along the hat band at the proper left side. The edge of the hat's brim is upturned and finished with brown rayon ribbon. The interior of the hat is lined with a golden colored synthetic satin. There is a sweatband made of black synthetic silk satin that is adhered to the interior at the base of the crown. Buckram is placed behind the sweatband. The inside of the hat is stamped with a label at the top of the crown that reads [QUALITÉ SUPÉRIEURS, Lucienda Brafant et Frére, MARQUEE DEPOSEE, CHAPELLERIE EXCLUSIVE, PARIS PLUS HAUTES DISTINCTIONS]. There is a paper tag on the outside of the hat attached at the edge of the bow on the hatband that reads [THANK YOU! "WE KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEW HAT."] on one side. On the other side [160 AMISH] is stamped in blue ink and 500 and 1000 are written in blue ink.
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: 2007.3.563
objectType: label: Type
content: derbies (hats)
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: wool felt, petersham rayon ribbon, synthetic silk satin, buckram, paper, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 21 3/4 in. (14 × 28.6 × 31.8 × 55.2 cm)