Blue cloche with detached brim
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 blocked blue fur felt cloche (a). The crown of the hat is rounded and fits closely to the head. The sides of the hat are slightly longer than the center front and back. There is a dart on the proper right side of the hat. The edges of the hat are slightly turned under and are sewn to the interior with hand stitches. The edge of the hat on the proper right side has become unfolded. White tacking stitches at the edge of the hat and tissue on the proper right side were added by conservators. The hat is unlined and has no label. There is a detached brim made of curvilinear fur felt (b) cut to match curve of the edge of the hat. The ends of the brim angle outwards at the top edges. The proper right side is slightly wider than the proper left. The edges of the brim are finished with a teal synthetic silk blended petersham ribbon.
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: 2007.3.437ab
objectType: label: Type
content: cloches
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 felt, synthetic and silk blended petersham ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C (a. hat): 6 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 8 1/4 × 22 in. (16.5 × 18.4 × 21 × 55.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. brim): 3 × 12 1/2 in. (7.6 × 31.8 cm)