Black pillbox hat with veil and pom poms
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black pillbox hat with a net veil and pom poms. The body of the hat is made of two separate pieces of black wool felt with the top of the crown stitched along the sides of the crown. Three circular black plastic buttons are sewn to the center front of the hat. Self-fabric fringe synthetic pom poms are attached to the proper left and right sides of the hat. Nylon net is tacked down to the top of the crown at the center back. The hat band at the back of the hat is made of metal wire encased in black wool felt. It is attached to the hat along the sides of the crown. The interior of the hat has black buckram and a petersham ribbon is machine and hand stitched along the inner circumference.
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
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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: 2007.3.402
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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, synthetic fiber, nylon net, buckram, petersham rayon ribbon, metal wire, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 × 9 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (5.1 × 24.1 × 21.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (with band extended): 6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (17.1 × 24.1 cm)