Red hat with beaded flower and orange hat band
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red hat with a beaded flower and an orange hat band. The base of the hat is made of buckram. The brim and the crown are made of separate pieces that are hand stitched together. The crown of the hat is short and rounded, it is made of a red synthetic velveteen. A pleated orange rayon cotton blended petersham ribbon is tacked to the base of the crown. The ribbon is decoratively looped and folded at the center back of the hat with two strands that extend off the of the brim that are cut at an angle. The top of the brim is made of synthetic faille. The edge and the underside of the brim are made of the same red velveteen as the crown of the hat. A flower made of folded red rayon petersham ribbon is tacked to the center front of the hat at the edge of the brim. Faux plastic pearls and glass sea beads are stitched to the front of the flower. On the inside of the hat the crown is lined with red synthetic faille. Two metal wire grips wrapped in orange rayon petersham rayon ribbon are inserted at the base of the crown at the interior.
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: 2007.3.581
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: synthetic velveteen, rayon cotton blend petersham ribbon, synthetic faille, fake plastic pearls, glass sea beads, buckram, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 19 in. (7.6 × 26.7 × 26.7 × 48.3 cm)