Black pillbox hat with round interlocking panels
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Macy's Little Shop, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black pillbox hat with abstracted round interlocking panels. The hat is made of a buckram understructure while the exterior is covered in a black silk velvet. The hat is made of three separate pieces of fabric for the top of the crown, sides of the crown, and the brim which are all machine stitched together. The brim folds upwards the proper left side of the hat and continues to the back of the hat. On the proper right side, the two ends of the brim curve upwards and interlock creating a structured abstract decorative element. The edges of the hat are bound with black petersham ribbon. The inside of the hat is lined with a silk synthetic taffeta. There is a black petersham ribbon sweatband sewn at the interior. Three stitches of white cotton thread form a star on the sweatband which marks the center front of the hat. A silk satin label is placed on the inside of the hat at the center back which reads [Macy’s Little Shop].
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: 2007.3.426
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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: silk velvet, silk synthetic taffeta, buckram, and petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 3/4 × 9 × 8 3/4 × 20 in. (12.1 × 22.9 × 22.2 × 50.8 cm)