Purple fur hat with front brim and chinstrap
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Betmar, American, founded 1933
label: Distributed by
content: Woodward & Lothrop, American, 1866 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: Purple fur felt hat with brim in the front and a long strap under the chin. The interior of the hat is unlined with a purple Petersham ribbon stitched along the interior crown. A gold fabric tag reading [Woodward & Lothrop] is stitched to the center back interior. Branded into the interior of the hat is a label reading [Made in Northern Ireland / Aura / for betmar / IJ.Fisher. Illegible LTD.].
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: 2007.3.422
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 felt with wool, silk, synthetic fiber, and buckram
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 × 7 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 21 1/4 in. (15.2 × 19.7 × 21.6 × 54 cm)