- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- straw with rayon Petersham ribbon, and metal wire
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 3/4 × 11 × 12 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (12.1 × 27.9 × 31.1 × 54.6 cm)
- Description
- A black fedora-style hat with a black ribbon hatband. The hat is composed of woven black straw that has been molded to shape. A hat band made from a black Petersham ribbon is adhered along the outside of the hat where the brim and the crown meet. The hat band features a black bow made from the same material; it’s handstitched to the hatband on the proper right. There is a metal wire sewn along the edge of the brim of the hat that is secured into place with three rows of machine stitching. The interior of the hat is unlined and there is a black Petersham sweatband sewn to the interior crown. There is no label.
- 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
- fedoras
- 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
- 2007.3.510
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




