Pink flower pillbox hat
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pillbox hat adorned with pink and white flowers. The top of the crown is flat and tapers straight downwards at the sides. The base of the hat is made of pink buckram. The exterior of the hat is covered in velvet and synthetic silk flowers attached to the buckram with adhesive. The flowers are colored with pink and white ombre petals. Pistons made of tightly wrapped paper with a coating are adhered to the center of each flower. There is one green fabric leaf at the center of the top of the crown. The interior of the hat is unlined. The bottom edge has a metal wire and is covered in machine stitched pink velvet.
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: 2007.3.420
objectType: label: Type
content: pillboxes (hats)
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: velvet, synthetic silk, buckram, paper, adhesive, and metal wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D x C: 3 1/2 × 6 3/4 × 8 × 24 1/4 in. (8.9 × 17.1 × 20.3 × 61.6 cm)