Grey fur hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Bachrach's Millinery, American, 1909 - 1983
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A grey fur brimless hat with a black chin strap. The exterior of the hat is made of two pelts of on-skin fur, possibly from mink or rabbit. A seam extends from the center front to the center back where the pelts have been joined. The inside of the hat is lined with grey silk faille. There is a cream synthetic brocade ribbon with pink, yellow, and green floral patterning machine stitched to the edge of the hat's interior. The interior ribbon secures the raw edge of the fur which is folded inwards. Two strands of elastane cord covered in white synthetic fabric are hand stitched to the center back of the hat's interior. A strap of elastane cord covered in black synthetic fabric is attached at sides of the hat. The cord has been fed through small holes in the inner band and secured with metal barbs at either end. There is a fabric label with pinked edges at the center back of the hat that reads [BACHRACH’S ® WASHINGTON D.C.].
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: Washington, District of Columbia, 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
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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: 2007.3.441
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: fur, silk faille, elastic, synthetic fiber, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 10 × 8 1/2 × 22 in. (11.4 × 25.4 × 21.6 × 55.9 cm)