Tan hat with orange cord
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1980
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Duchess
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A tan hat with an orange cord (a). The body of the hat is made of wool felt. The hat has a rounded crown and a floppy, unstructured brim. A ribbed, orange cotton corduroy cord is tied around the base of the crown. There is a knot on the proper left side of the cord. A yellow stamp on the interior of the hat at the top of the crown reads [Duchess REG’D BODY MADE IN ITALY]. There is an associated piece of paper with writing on it (b). The wrinkled paper has handwriting in pencil which reads [Josh is new we were very busy].
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: 2007.3.428ab
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: a. wool felt, and cotton corduroy
label: Medium
content: b. paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C (a. hat): 5 × 10 × 11 3/4 × 20 in. (12.7 × 25.4 × 29.8 × 50.8 cm)