Yellow woven Breton hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Jelleff's, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow woven Breton hat with a yellow ribbon. The base of the hat is made of woven synthetic raffia and is blocked to shape. The top of the crown is flat, and the sides of the crown fit closely to the head. The hat has a deep brim that wraps upwards completely covering the sides of the crown from view. Synthetic bouclé yarn is glued to the center of each synthetic raffia ribbon at crown and inner brim. A metal milliner's wire runs along the edge of the brim and is hidden by a yellow rayon petersham ribbon that is attached with machine and hand stitching. A yellow rayon petersham ribbon is also machine stitched to the hat's inner circumference as a sweatband. There is a white woven label stitched to the center back of the hat along the sweatband that reads [Jelleff's] in black text. A union label is hidden underneath this.
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: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: 2007.3.507
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: Breton (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 raffia, synthetic bouclé yarn, metal wire, adheasive, and rayon petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (8.9 × 24.1 × 26 × 52.1 cm)