Black wool cloche
date: label: Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Created by
content: Sandswept
label: Manufactured by
content: Henry Pollak, Inc., American, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: An asymmetrical black wool cloche. The hat is constructed of a single piece of blocked wool felt. The top of the hat is rounded and fits closely to the head. The wool felt is draped and creased at the center front of the hat continuing to the proper right side. The hat is longer on the proper right side as it continues down the face ending in a rounded point. A black petersham ribbon and metal wire covered in paper are stitched to edge of the hat at the interior. There is a label at the back of the hat along the inner band that reads [Sandswept 23] in black script. A label is stamped to the inside of the hat at the top of the crown that reads [100% WOOL SANDSWEPT HENRY POLLAK of NEW YORK] in yellow.
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
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: 2007.3.417
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: wool felt, petersham ribbon, metal wire, paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 5 1/4 × 9 × 8 × 21 1/2 in. (13.3 × 22.9 × 20.3 × 54.6 cm)