Purple felt hat with double bow
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Betmar, American, founded 1933
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A dome-shaped hat made from purple fur felt. A double bow made from a purple Petersham ribbon is stitched to the center back of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined. There is a purple Petersham ribbon stitched along the interior crown. A hat stamp in the interior center of the hat reads [Mystere. Made of Imported Fur] in teal ink.
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: 2007.3.587
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: felt fur with buckram, metal wire, rayon cotton Petersham ribbon, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 × 8 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (12.7 × 21 × 18.4 × 51.4 cm)