Braided hat with purple pleated hatband
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Frances Original, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A braided hat with a purple pleated hatband. The body of the hat is made of woven shiny polypropylene covered paper. The crown of the hat is ovoid shaped with the center indented. There is a mauve acetate satin ribbon hatband that has five pleats. A decorative pleated loop made of the same mauve satin is placed at the center front of the hat, slightly offset to the proper right side. This also secures the edge of the hat band which extends off the crown. The brim of the hat is flat and slightly upturned at the edges. The inside of the hat is unlined. There is a green petersham rayon ribbon stitched to the inside of the hat at the edge of the crown. A label is located at the inside of the hat at the center back along the petersham ribbon. The label reads [Frances Original of WASHINGTON D.C.] in black ink and has pinked seams.
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 made
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: Local and regional
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: 2007.3.575
objectType: 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: polypropylene, paper, acetate satin, adhesive, nylon lace, and rayon petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 15 × 14 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (11.4 × 38.1 × 37.5 × 54.6 cm)