Red straw skullcap with matching ruffle flower
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Designed by
content: Vanilla Beane, American, 1919 - 2022
label: Created by
content: Bené Millinery, American, founded 1979
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Red straw skullcap with a large ruffle flower, made from the same material, on the proper right side. A peach-colored synthetic material with red stitches in a diamond pattern cover the interior of the hat and a red Petersham ribbon lines the interior crown. A white fabric tag reading [Bené Original] is stitched over the red Petersham ribbon at the center back of the hat.
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 made
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
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: 2007.3.403
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: skullcaps
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 with synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 19 1/2 in. (18.4 × 24.1 × 23.5 × 49.5 cm)