Hat with purple flower applique and rhinestones
date: label: Date
content: 1950s-1960s
name: label: Designed by
content: Lydia McLean, American, 1921 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A purple and cream hat with petals, flower applique, and rhinestones. The hat is made from a purple synthetic blend boucle variation and has a short brim. Appliqued petals and wavy strips of polyester organza with raw edges are sewn to hat’s exterior. One fabric flower with a rhinestone at the center is sewn to the base of the hat. The flower's petals are made of silk satin and velveteen. The hat’s interior is lined with a green nylon net. A pink petersham rayon ribbon is hand stitched to the interior of the hat at the edge of the crown. Two different labels are located on the hat’s interior, one at the center back and the other along the inner band both including the marker's name Lydia McLean. There is also a paper tag stapled to the inner hat band and reads [75$].
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: Cambridge, Middlesex County, 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
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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: 2007.3.533
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 boucle, polyester organza, velveteen, silk satin, nylon net, rhinestones, petersham rayon ribbon, and paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 6 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 11 × 19 1/2 in. (16.5 × 34.3 × 27.9 × 49.5 cm)