Straw hat with multicolored embroidery
date: label: Date
content: after 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A straw hat with pink, white, and black embroidery. The hat is made from one piece of woven straw. The crown of the hat is rounded and circular. The brim of the hat is upturned at the sides. Numerous areas of the hat are decorated with polypropylene embroidery. A circular patch of satin stitches in pink and white are embroidered on front of the crown slightly offset to the proper left. Black straight stitches surround the satin stitches. Pink and white running stitches circle the base of the crown, these end in a bow at the back of the hat offset to the proper right. Pink couching stitches and chain stitches are sewn at the edge of the brim. The brim at the sides of the hat is folded. The interior of the hat is unlined and contains no label.
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
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: 2007.3.576
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: straw and polypropylene
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 13 3/4 × 22 in. (10.8 × 34.3 × 34.9 × 55.9 cm)