- Created by
- Bachrach's Millinery, American, 1909 - 1983
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- fur, silk faille, elastic, synthetic fiber, and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 10 × 8 1/2 × 22 in. (11.4 × 25.4 × 21.6 × 55.9 cm)
- Description
- A grey fur brimless hat with a black chin strap. The exterior of the hat is made of two pelts of on-skin fur, possibly from mink or rabbit. A seam extends from the center front to the center back where the pelts have been joined. The inside of the hat is lined with grey silk faille. There is a cream synthetic brocade ribbon with pink, yellow, and green floral patterning machine stitched to the edge of the hat's interior. The interior ribbon secures the raw edge of the fur which is folded inwards. Two strands of elastane cord covered in white synthetic fabric are hand stitched to the center back of the hat's interior. A strap of elastane cord covered in black synthetic fabric is attached at sides of the hat. The cord has been fed through small holes in the inner band and secured with metal barbs at either end. There is a fabric label with pinked edges at the center back of the hat that reads [BACHRACH’S ® WASHINGTON D.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.
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, 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
- 2007.3.441
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




