Blue cloche with velvet buckle
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Mr. John, American, founded 1948
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blue cloche with a matching ribbon and velvet buckle. The hat is made from blocked blue wool. The top of the crown is slightly indented at the center. The hat has a high crown with a blue petersham ribbon hat band secured with adhesive. A decorative metal buckle covered in blue velvet is placed on the proper right side of the hat and is secured with adhesive. A blue petersham ribbon is looped through the buckle with the ends of the ribbon extending towards the back of the hat. The hat's brim is short and fits close to the face. The edge of the brim is folded under and machine stitched down, encasing a metal wire. The inside of the hat is unlined. There is a blue petersham ribbon machine stitched to the inside of the hat at the edge of the crown. A label is stitched at the center back of the hat that reads [MR. John Jr.] and a printed label at the interior top of the crown that reads [ADA BODY MADE IN ITALY].
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: 2007.3.425
objectType: label: Type
content: cloches
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, velvet, petersham ribbon, adhesive, metal, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 9 × 20 in. (16.5 × 19.1 × 22.9 × 50.8 cm)