Skullcap with twig and pussy willow decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1955
name: label: Created by
content: Shop Individual Inc.
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A light green skullcap with twig and pussy willow decoration (a). The hat is constructed from two organic shaped pieces of buckram. The two pieces are mirrored at the center of the hat and overlap at the crown. The buckram is joined together with tacking stitches and covered in nylon net. The hat is asymmetrical, sloping downwards further at the proper right. There is a point on each side of the hat that arches towards the exterior. The exterior of the hat is adorned with small pussy willow, leaf, and twig decorations. The pussy willow buds are made of wire and paper covered in synthetic green velvet. The twigs are made of paper covered wire with green and white paint applied to the ends. All the ornamentation on the hat’s exterior is secured with hand stitches. Metal wire is included around the perimeter of the hat. The hat is lined with hand stitched cream synthetic fabric. A pink label is sewn along the edge of the hat and reads [Shop Individual INC. WASHINTON, D.C. MAUDE B. CARVER]. The hat has two paired hat pins made of metal with tufts of synthetic fabric at the edges (b and c).
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 made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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: Local and regional
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: 2007.3.407abc
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: skullcaps
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: a. synthetic velvet, nylon net, synthetic fiber, metal wire, paper, and buckram
label: Medium
content: b. & c. metal and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a. hat): 7 × 9 × 5 1/2 in. (17.8 × 22.9 × 14 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. & c. pins): 3 1/2 × 1/2 in. (8.9 × 1.3 cm)