Black and beige woven straw hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Peck & Peck, American, 1888 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black and beige woven straw hat. The hat's body is made from thick beige straw and a thinner black straw. In addition, two strands of thin black straw are woven throughout the hat. The hat band is made of a thick black rayon grosgrain ribbon. A bow made of the same ribbon is tacked to the center front of the hat with black thread. The edges of the brim are rolled upwards. A black rayon grosgrain ribbon sweatband that is machine stitched along the circumference of the hat's interior. A label is sewn at the back of the hat along the sweatband and reads [PECK & PECK] in red script and underneath [FIFTH AVEUNE NEW YORK] in black script.
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: 2007.3.399
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: straw and rayon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (11.4 × 21.6 × 26.7 × 52.1 cm)