Plastic straw hat with net and fabric flowers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1965
name: label: Created by
content: Miss Eileen
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with pink net and decorative fabric flowers. The hat is made of woven plastic straw. The top of the crown is flat and circular. The sides of the crown taper outwards towards the bottom. Flowers in pink, blue, and green made from polyester velveteen and polyester silk decorate the outside of the hat at the top sides of the crown. Small flower buds and pistils placed among the flowers are made of paper. Wire is used for the flower stems and connects the fabric flowers together. Adhesive is used on various points of the wire to adhere the flowers to the hat. Dark pink nylon net covers the outside of the hat. The net is gathered in the center back of the hat. There is no discernable brim from the exterior of the hat. Dark pink tacking stitches are seen on the inside of the hat at the center back. These are used to secure the gathered nylon net on the exterior. The edges of the hat are folded inwards and are secured with a cream petersham rayon ribbon. This petersham ribbon is machine stitched to the inside of the hat. Four metal pins are placed along the petersham ribbon at the back of the hat. A label is located on the center back of the hat that reads [Miss Eileen].
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: 2007.3.572
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: plastic straw, nylon net, polyester velveteen, polyester silk, paper, wire, petersham rayon ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 × 8 × 9 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (12.7 × 20.3 × 24.8 × 54.6 cm)