White hat with striped trims and black bow
date: label: Date
content: 1980s
name: label: Designed by
content: Whittall & Shon
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A white brimmed hat with black and white striped trims and a black bow. The hat is made of white polyvinyl chloride with black and white striped acetate trim set on the bias. The trim is on hat’s crown and brim and glued to the polyvinyl chloride. A double looped large black bow made of crin with plastic rhinestones at the bow’s center is tacked to the base of the crown. There is a wire running along the edge of the brim and a white synthetic ribbon sweatband. A black elastic chin strap is adhered at the sides of the hat at the sweatband. A black rayon label is sewn at the back of the hat along the sweatband and reads [WHITTALL & SHON MADE IN U.S.A.] in white script.
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: Miami, Florida, 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: 2007.3.549
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: polyvinyl chloride, acetate, plastic crin, gimp, elastic, synthetic ribbon, rhinestones, wire, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 13 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (14 × 34.9 × 34.9 × 55.2 cm)