Pink draped turban with fringe
date: label: Date
content: 1950s - 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Macy's Little Shop, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pink silk dupion draped turban with fringe. The base of the hat is made of double-layered nylon blocked into shape with silk dupion draped and hand-stitched to the exterior. Cotton organdie is used to back the silk dupion and is attached with hand-stitching. Fringe constructed from self-fabric silk dupion is at the top of the crown. A strip of buckram is placed at hat's interior at the top of the crown. The silk dupion is folded and tacked to the interior with basting stitches. A pink rayon petersham ribbon is hand stitched to the inside of the hat. A label is sewn to the center back of the hat along the petersham ribbon that reads [Macy’s Little Shop].
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 collected
content: New York City, New York, 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: 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: 2007.3.458
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: turbans
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 dupion, nylon, cotton organdie, buckram, and petersham rayon ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 8 × 8 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 21.6 × 51.4 cm)