- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- wool felt, synthetic fiber, nylon net, buckram, petersham rayon ribbon, metal wire, and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 × 9 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (5.1 × 24.1 × 21.6 cm)
- H x W x D (with band extended): 6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (17.1 × 24.1 cm)
- Description
- A black pillbox hat with a net veil and pom poms. The body of the hat is made of two separate pieces of black wool felt with the top of the crown stitched along the sides of the crown. Three circular black plastic buttons are sewn to the center front of the hat. Self-fabric fringe synthetic pom poms are attached to the proper left and right sides of the hat. Nylon net is tacked down to the top of the crown at the center back. The hat band at the back of the hat is made of metal wire encased in black wool felt. It is attached to the hat along the sides of the crown. The interior of the hat has black buckram and a petersham ribbon is machine and hand stitched along the inner circumference.
- Cataloging Notes
- This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- pillboxes (hats)
- hats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.402
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




