Brown and white felt breton hat made by Vanilla Beane
date: label: Date
content: 1970-1979
name: label: Created by
content: Vanilla Beane, American, 1919 - 2022
notes: label: Description
content: A brown and white felt breton style hat made by Vanilla Beane. The dome of the hat is constructed from a single piece of white felt. The hat brim is a piece of brown felt that has been fitted over the dome. Where the dome meets the brim, there is a narrow band of brown felt with numerous white felt triangles adhered to it. On the underside of the brim the white felt dome piece extends into a decorative eight pointed star. There is a band of cloth around the interior of the crown of the hat, and an embroidered tag reading [Bené / Original] has been sewn to the back of the band.
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Millinery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture 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 Vanilla Beane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.141.2
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Vanilla Beane
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: felt, cloth
label: Dimensions
content: 5 × 14 × 15 1/2 in. (12.7 × 35.6 × 39.4 cm)