Black fur hat with woven trim and bow
date: label: Date
content: 1960s-1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Linda Page, American, died 1998
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black fur felt hat with a woven trim and bow. The hat features a high crown and asymmetrical brim made from black fur felt that has been blocked to shape. The exterior fur felt has long pile fur and the interior has short pile fur. A 1” wide hatband made from woven cotton and black yarn is stitched over the seam where the hat crown meets the brim. The hatband ends in a bow at the proper right side of the crown. An identical 2” woven band trims the edge of the brim and is handstitched in place. The hat brim tapers from 4” at the front to 2.25” at the center back. A flexible (possibly) plastic wire is encased along the brim’s edge. The inner crown has a black 1.5” woven rayon Petersham ribbon is machine stitched along the circumference. A gold fabric tag is adhered to the center back of the Petersham ribbon and reads [HATS BY / LINDA PAGE / CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU / NEW YORK] in black text. A hat stamp at the interior crown reads [DUCHESS / (illegible) / BODY MADE IN ITALY] in gold text.
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: 2007.3.523
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: fur felt, rayon Petersham ribbon, silk, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5 1/2 × 14 × 13 × 21 in. (14 × 35.6 × 33 × 53.3 cm)