Grey fascinator with bow and veil
date: label: Date
content: 1930-mid 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Salinger's Hats Inc.
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A grey fascinator with a large bow and net veil. The body of the fascinator is made of a singular piece of blocked wool felt. It fits closely to the head and extends further down on the proper right side. At the crown on the proper right side there are two triangular cut outs. Both of these cut outs are outlined with two rows of black glass beads. A large self-fabric bow embellished with two rows of black beads is hand stitched to the proper left side of the hat. The net veil is attached thought out the crown of the hat with basting stitches. Small ornamental tufts of velvet are placed through the net veil. Wire is placed along the perimeter of the hat top hold its shape. In the interior of the hat, black petersham ribbon is placed along the perimeter. A label is stitched to the interior of the hat on the proper right side that reads [SALINGER’S HATS INC.”] in black and red script.
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: New York City, New York, 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: 2007.3.404
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: fascinators
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: wool felt, synthetic velvet, nylon net, petersham rayon ribbon, metal wire and glass beads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 1/2 × 9 × 10 in. (19.1 × 22.9 × 25.4 cm)