Black net hat with flocked net trim and velvet bow
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Armaza, American
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black net hat with flocked net trim and a velvet bow. The hat is made of two different types of net, the base of the hat is made of a heavy weight synthetic bobbinet. The edge of the inner bobbinet brim is finished with a metal wire and cotton twill. The hat has a wide low crown and is unstructured. The top layer of the net is gathered at the base of the crown. Synthetic flocked trim with pom poms is sewn to the base of the crown and the underside of the brim at the crown’s opening. A synthetic velvet ribbon is sewn to the base of the crown and ends in a bow at the center back of the hat. A black synthetic petersham ribbon measuring seven eights of an inch in width is sewn to the inner circumference of the crown. A woven fabric label is hand sewn to the center back of the hat along the petersham ribbon. The label reads [HATS STYLED / by / Armaza / NEWARK, N. J.]
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
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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: 2007.3.726
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: synthetic net, synthetic flocked net, synthetic velvet ribbon, metal wire, cotton twill, and synthetic petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 × 17 × 16 × 19 in. (7.6 × 43.2 × 40.6 × 48.3 cm)