Straw hat with cream hat band
date: label: Date
content: 1980s-1990s
name: label: Designed by
content: Liz Claiborne, American, 1929 - 2007
label: Created by
content: Liz Claiborne Inc., American, founded 1976
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with a cream hat band. The hat is made of woven straw blocked to shape. The crown is ovoid shaped and has an indentation at the top of the crown. A cream synthetic petersham ribbon one and a half inches wide is adhered to the base of the crown. A self-fabric bow is adhered to the proper right side of the hat along the hatband. The edges of the brim are folded inwards and are secured with adhesive and a row of machine sewn monofilament thread. A wire is placed along the edge of the brim. A cream synthetic petersham ribbon is machine sewn along the hat's inner circumference. A woven fabric label is sewn at the center back interior of the crown. The label reads [Liz / claiborne / ACCESSORIES]. A paper tag is attached to the woven fabric label with orange cotton thread. The front of the tag reads [Liz claiborne / ACCESSORIES]. The back of the tag includes a quote from Liz Claiborne and the style number which is "WPL 12931."
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.
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: 2007.3.739
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, synthetic petersham ribbon, adhesive, monofilament thread, wire, cotton thread, and paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 12 × 15 1/2 × 20 in. (12.7 × 30.5 × 39.4 × 50.8 cm)