- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- fur, synthetic satin, and rayon petersham ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 8 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 10 × 21 1/2 in. (21.6 × 24.1 × 25.4 × 54.6 cm)
- Description
- A dark brown fur toque hat. The hat is made of two pieces of fur stitched together, one for the top of the crown and another for the side of the hat. A vertical seam is seen at the center back of the hat. The hat has a high flat crown with no brim. The interior of the hat is lined in black synthetic satin. Along the edge of the hat there is a doubled bias-cut strip of fabric and a black rayon petersham ribbon sewn to the interior at the edge of the crown.
- 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
- 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
- 2007.3.410
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




