Black beret with ribbon
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 braided black straw beret with a ribbon decoration. The hat has a wide flat circular crown that extends further outward than the brim. At the center top of the crown, braided straw spirals outwards. A hat band made of black silk synthetic petersham ribbon is stitched to the hat and backed with a cotton petersham ribbon. A red and green decorative ribbon is placed at the center front of the hat and extends outwards to the proper left. The ribbon is made of a black petersham ribbon that is cut at an angle with a pale green and red petersham ribbon adhered on top.
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: 2007.3.411
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: berets
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: straw, silk synthetic petersham ribbon, cotton petersham ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (8.3 × 26.7 × 27.3 × 50.2 cm)