Orange pillbox with two bows and veil
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pillbox hat made from orange wool felt. Stitched to the front of the hat are two decorative bows made from the same orange wool felt material. The bows are vertically stakced, with decorative slashes cut into the left side of the top bow and the right side of the bottom bow. A veil made from orange net is draped over the crown and extends past the back of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined with an orange Petersham ribbon at the interior brim. A yellow and blue fabric tag stitched to the interior center back reads "New York Creation. 21 ½ JE. 103943. MFD Under Fair Labor Standards. Consumers Protection." A stamped label in the center interior reads "Glenover. Made in U.S.A. 100% Wool Henry Pollak, Inc. Distributors. Fifth Ave. NY" in yellow ink.
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: 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
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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: 2007.3.486
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (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: wool felt with nylon and cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 × 7 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 20 in. (10.2 × 19.1 × 21.6 × 50.8 cm)