Black open crown fur hat
date: label: Date
content: ca.1950
name: label: Created by
content: Needle Nook, American, ca. 1950
label: Attributed to
content: Artie Bell
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A black open crown fur hat. The hat is made from two black fur pelts joined with two vertical seams at the front and back of the hat. A layer of wool or cotton batting and a layer of stiff possibly cotton fabric is layered under the fur pelts. A black velvet ribbon band backed with a grosgrain ribbon is stitched to the bottom of the hat with a bow at the center front. The bow is separate from the ribbon band and is attached with tacking stitches. Black cotton twill tape is placed at the edges of the hat to bind all the layers of fabric and fur togtherer. The hat is lined with black synthetic taffeta and the edeges are stitched to the cotton twill tape. There is a fabric label at the center back of the inner hat band that reads [Needle Nook CUSTOM MADE CLOTHES WASHINGTON].
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
label: Place made
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: 2007.3.451
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, synthetic taffeta, batting, cotton twill tape, velvet, and grosgrain ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 12 × 12 × 22 1/2 in. (11.4 × 30.5 × 30.5 × 57.2 cm)