Beige felt hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A beige brushed wool felt hat. The hat is made of one piece of blocked wool felt. The crown of the hat fits closely to the head. The hat is brimless, the edges of the hat are tucked into the interior. Metal wire is whip stitched to the raw edge at the hat's interior. A rayon petersham ribbon is machine stitched to the edge of the hat at the interior. There is a printed label on the interior at the top of the crown that reads [MERRIMAC Merri-Soie], smaller text surrounding this is illegible.
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: Amesbury, Massachusetts, 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: 2007.3.440
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: wool felt, mohair, metal wire, and rayon petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 9 × 21 in. (14 × 19.1 × 22.9 × 53.3 cm)