Black derby hat with cream bow
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black derby hat with a cream hat band and bow. The black felt and velour hat has a rounded crown at the top and a short brim with rounded edges. The brim is folded up in the front. There is a black grosgrain ribbon hat band around the base of the crown. A cream-colored vinyl ribbon is placed at the center back of the hat. A piece of black ribbon is placed under the center knot of the bow. A metal wire is inserted around brim edge hidden by the inside fold. A black grosgrain ribbon is machine stitched at the hat's inner circumference. There is a stamp on the interior of the hat at the top of the crown. The stamp is white and blue and in the shape of a peach, the text reads [UNION MADE Peachbloom Velour MERRIMAC BODY MADE ON IMPORTED FUR UHC & MWIU].
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: Amesbury, Massachusetts, 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: 2007.3.415
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: fur felt, velour, vinyl, grosgrain ribbon, metal wire, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (13.3 × 21 × 26.7 × 51.4 cm)