Yellow pillbox hat with bow
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Gibbe Hat
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow pillbox hat with a matching bow. The top of the crown is flat and circular. The hat is made from yellow velveteen set on the bias and has a buckram interfacing. There is an inverted yellow velvet bow hand sewn to the center front of the hat. There are seven rows of quilting stitches that run the length of the velveteen used to make the bow. The inside of the hat is lined with machine stitched cream silk taffeta. A yellow petersham rayon ribbon is machine stitched to the inner edge of the hat. There is a metal wire at the hat's inner seam hidden by the rayon ribbon. A label is adhered on the center back of the hat that reads [PARIS Gibbé Hat NEW YORK] in red script.
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: 2007.3.427
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 velveteen, silk taffeta, buckram, petersham rayon ribbon, metal wire, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/4 × 8 × 10 × 21 3/4 in. (13.3 × 20.3 × 25.4 × 55.2 cm)