Created by
Unidentified
Subject of
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
Date
1950s
Medium
a. silk velvet, buckram, chenille, rhinestones, metal, and adhesive
b. & c. metal and plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (a. hat): 2 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 21 in. (7 × 19.1 × 19.1 × 53.3 cm)
H x W (b. & c. pins): 2 × 1/4 in. (5.1 × 0.6 cm)
Description
A pillbox hat (a) with purple flower petal decorations with netting. The top of the crown is flat with the sides of the hat extending straight down. The base of the crown is made from purple buckram. The hat's exterior is adorned with purple and green gradient silk velvet petals attached with adhesive. A nylon net veil is tacked to the center of the crown and extends off the sides of the hat. Chenille pom poms are added across the veil along with iridescent rhinestones at the center front. There is a metal wire covered with purple velvet ribbon that surrounds the edge of the hat at the interior. A white label is sewn along the metal wire and reads [UNION MADE GO 047149 IN U.S.A.] with a [UNITED HATTERS CAP & MILLINERY W’KRS – INT. UNION] seal in black script. The paired hat pins are made of metal with a plastic lavender teardrop shape at the end of one and a pink sphere other (b and c).
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
Topic
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Millinery
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
2007.3.406abc
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd566bd5309-fd25-4c76-b062-4642f56e8931

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