Yellow cloche with yellow and green ribbon
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A yellow cloche with a decorative ribbon and button. The body of the hat is made of yellow fur velour. There is a yellow petersham ribbon hat band at the base of the crown. A decorative yellow petersham ribbon in the shape of an inverted V with a thinner green petersham silk ribbon and a green button adorn the proper right side of the hat. The brim of the hat tapers downwards and slightly away from the face. On the inside of the hat a yellow petersham ribbon is machine stitched where the crown and brim meet. The edge of the brim has a metal wire that is encased in machine stitiching at the hat's interior. There is a stamped label at the inside of the hat on the top of the crown that reads [UNION MADE Peachbloom Velour UHC & MWIU MERRIMAC BODY MADE OF IMPORTED FUR]. There is a fabric tag sewn to the center back of inner sweat band that reads [23].
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: Amesbury, Massachusetts, 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: 2007.3.418
objectType: label: Type
content: cloches
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: fur velour, silk, metal wire, and petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 21 in. (16.5 × 21.6 × 21.6 × 53.3 cm)