Navy and black hat with sequins and feathers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1987
name: label: Created by
content: Laura P. Thomas James, American
label: Created by
content: LaPrivajj Label, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A navy and black hat with sequins and feathers. The skull cap hat is blocked to shape, it is made of black synthetic satin fabric on the exterior. A one-and-a-half-inch band of navy-blue iridescent sequins is handsewn to the base of the hat. The sequins are set into a knit band made of knitted synthetic and elastic. Blue grey sequins, clear seed beads, and plastic rhinestones are sewn in rows in the shape of a diamond on the proper left side of the hat. Dark blue and black feathers are placed above and below the diamond which lay across the top of the hat and below the proper left side of the hat. White cotton fabric is placed below the bottom feathers. The inside of the hat is lined with black synthetic moire. A plastic comb is attached to each side of the hat along the bottom edge with elastic. A black synthetic cotton blend petersham ribbon is handsewn to the bottom edge of the hat at the interior. A woven fabric label is adhered to the center back interior of the hat above the petersham ribbon. The label reads [Made Especially / FOR YOU BY / La-Privájj - Laura.] The numbers 1987 are written vertically with blue pen on the right side of the label.
place: label: Place made
content: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, 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: 2007.3.768
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: feathers, plastic sequins, seed beads, plastic rhinestones, plastic, synthetic satin, synthetic moire, cotton, synthetic and cotton blend petersham ribbon, elastic, metal wire, adhesive, and stiffener
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 7 × 6 × 21 in. (12.7 × 17.8 × 15.2 × 53.3 cm)