Brown brimmed hat with foliage printed hat band
date: label: Date
content: 1970s
name: label: Created by
content: Thomas Begg, Inc., American
label: Distributed by
content: Raleigh Haberdasher, American, 1911 - 1992
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A brown, brimmed, derby-style felt hat with a foliage printed hat band. The hat band colors are green, orange, yellow, and white. The inside of the hat has a dark brown leather band that is stitched along the interior crown. Near the center front seam, a drawstring, made from a gold synthetic material is stitched to the interior band. The hat is unlined, but the interior band contains many embossed inscriptions: "R.R," "Raleigh-Haberdasher Washington," "Chasseur," "A Thomas Begg Original New York." The verso of the leather band reads [200p.]
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: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
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: 2007.3.546
objectType: label: Type
content: derbies (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: wool felt with cotton, leather, vinyl, silk, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 5 × 10 1/2 × 12 × 23 1/2 in. (12.7 × 26.7 × 30.5 × 59.7 cm)