Grey raffia pillbox hat with copper trim
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Jelleff's, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A grey raffia pillbox hat with copper trim and netting. The body is constructed of a machine stitched raffia braid that has been treated with a shiny grey coating. The crown is rounder than a typical pillbox and is slightly pointed at the top of the crown. A decorative side band of rust toned satin has been secured around circumference of the hat with adhesive. This band comes to a “V” shape at center front. Three strands of the same shiny raffia braid used for the hat body are adhered to the center of the satin band, following the same “V” shape at center front. The satin has been applied over a stiff foundation, possibly cardboard, and is joined at the center back where it overlaps and is adhered together. A grey diamond patterned nylon net veil is applied at center of the crown and drapes down over the entire hat. The veil is tacked to the crown with stitching, and a seam runs down to center back where it is tacked again with hand stitching at the bottom edge. A grey petersham rayon ribbon band has been machine stitched to hat's interior. A paper covered metal wire is zig zag stitched to edge of the hat where it is turned up under the petersham ribbon. The hat is unlined. There is a label stitched at the center back of the hat that reads [Jellef’s].
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 collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: 2007.3.455
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: raffia, satin, adheasive, nylon net, petersham rayon ribbon, and paper covered metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 × 9 × 10 × 21 in. (7.6 × 22.9 × 25.4 × 53.3 cm)