- Distributed by
- Hecht's, American, 1857 - 2006
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- synthetic silk satin, buckram, metal wire, and petersham ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 5 × 9 3/4 × 10 × 21 in. (12.7 × 24.8 × 25.4 × 53.3 cm)
- Description
- A striped brimmed hat with a large abstract bow. The exterior of the hat is made of striped silk synthetic satin in green, pink, and yellow. The top of the crown is flat and circular. The sides of the crown have three upward facing pleats. There is a large self-fabric bow at the center front of the hat on the bias stitched with wire on the bow's edge. The crown and brim are made of buckram and are machine stitched together. The brim is circular, the striped fabric on the exterior is set on the bias and slightly gathered and secured to the underbrim at an angle. A metal wire is placed at the edge of the brim. At the inside of the hat there is a petersham ribbon machine stitched to the edge of the crown. There is a label on the inside of the hat at the center back that reads [The Hecht Co. Washington, D.C.] in brown 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
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- hats
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Local and regional
- 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
- 2007.3.424
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




