- Created by
- Unidentified
- Distributed by
- Woodward & Lothrop, American, 1866 - 1995
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- wool felt and synthetic silk with rayon, metal and buckram
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 × 9 × 9 1/2 × 21 in. (10.2 × 22.9 × 24.1 × 53.3 cm)
- Description
- A wool felt pink hat with two-tone panels. The panels are light and dark pink and are made from a shiny, satiny material. The panels are sewn in an overlapping pattern that extends along the sides of the hat from the front to the back. A decorative piece of pink felt is sewn over a light pink panel of fabric on the back left side of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined. There is a light pink Petersham ribbon stitched to the interior crown. A yellow fabric tag stitched to the center back over the Petersham ribbon reads [Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, DC]. A smaller fabric tag to the right of the brand label reads [22 ½] in dark brown text.
- 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
- 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
- 2007.3.453
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




