- Distributed by
- Bergdorf Goodman, American, founded 1899
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- wool felt and grosgrain ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 10 1/2 × 10 3/4 × 20 1/4 in. (14 × 26.7 × 27.3 × 51.4 cm)
- Description
- A maroon wool hat with an asymmetrical upturned brim. The body of the hat is made of red blocked wool felt. The top of the crown is flat and slightly raised at the center. There is a matching hatband made of the same red felt that has a knot with two tails on the proper right side of the hat. The brim of the hat is asymmetrical as it slopes downwards on the proper right side and slopes upwards on the proper left. The brim of the hat is the widest at the front and is shorter in the center back. At the interior of the hat where the crown meets the brim is a machine stitched black grosgrain ribbon sweatband. There is a label at the back of the hat stitched along the sweatband that reads [MADE IN ITALY FOR BERGDORF GOODMAN] in black script.
- 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.
- Place collected
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- 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
- 2007.3.414
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




