Straw hat with fabric daisy
date: label: Date
content: mid-20th century
name: label: Distributed by
content: Julius Garfinckel & Co, American, 1905 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with a fabric daisy. The hat is brimless and has a low flat crown. The hat is made of woven straw, starting at the center top and spiraling outwards. A fabric daisy with a stem and leaf is placed at the center front of the hat. The petals of the flower are made of white synthetic fabric pressed with lines mimicking veins. The center of the flower is made of yellow wool blend cut pile fabric and is backed with a stiffener board. A leaf is placed on the stem of the flower, which is made of green synthetic fabric, it is pressed creating lines mimicking veins. A metal wire is placed along the center of the leaf. The stem of the flower is made of metal wire and is wrapped in green paper. The stem is woven though the straw on the front of the hat. A pink petersham ribbon is hand sewn below the straw. Black synthetic velvet is sewn below the ribbon, the velvet binds the edge of the hat. A black synthetic petersham ribbon is sewn along the inner circumference at the base of the crown. Brown synthetic net is sewn at the interior. A plastic comb with three teeth is attached to each side of the hat with a black elastic band. A six-pointed star is sewn to the front of the hat along the petersham ribbon. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior of the hat along the petersham ribbon. The label reads [JULUS GARFINCKEL & Co. / WASHINGTON].
place: label: Place used
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: Local and regional
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: 2007.3.755
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: straw, synthetic, synthetic velvet, synthetic net, synthetic petersham ribbon, wool blend cut pile fabric, metal wire, stiffener board, paper, elastic, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 2 × 6 × 6 1/2 × 17 in. (5.1 × 15.2 × 16.5 × 43.2 cm)