- Created by
- Clover Lane
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- synthetic straw with polyester velvet, metal, silk, synthetic ribbon, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3 3/4 × 8 1/4 × 8 3/4 × 22 1/4 in. (9.5 × 21 × 22.2 × 56.5 cm)
- Description
- A pink beret-style hat made from a light pink synthetic straw material. Two long-stemmed synthetic pink roses are adhered along the back and right side of the hat. The rose petals are made from pink polyster velvet and metal wire is used to secure the flowers at the proper right side. The interior of the hat is unlined. There is a light pink Petersham ribbon stitched along the interior crown. A cream-colored fabric tag stitched to the center back over the Petersham ribbon reads [Clover Lane] in black 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
- caps (headgear)
- hats
- berets
- 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
- 2007.3.478
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




