Created by
Mr. John, American, founded 1948
Subject of
Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
Date
ca. 1965
Medium
synthetic raffia and plastic straw with, silk organza, feathers, paper, cotton, velveteen, floral wire, felt, petersham rayon ribbon, metal, glass rhinestones, glass beads, and adhesive
Dimensions
H x W x D x C: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 8 × 20 in. (19.1 × 24.1 × 20.3 × 50.8 cm)
Description
A pink straw hat with flowers and feathers. The exterior of the hat is made of plastic straw and synthetic raffia. The hat has a circular cone crown with a small brim. A pink silk organza hat band is draped around the base of the crown and tacked down with hand stitches. Blue feathers are pinned to the exterior of the hat and wrapped with thread at the base. A pink fabric rose with a yellow felt pompom glued to the center is pinned under the feathers. The fabric petals are made of polyester silk and velveteen with raw edges. Three leaves made of cotton coated in plastic are at the top left side of the rose. Blue forget-me-not flowers made of velveteen are pinned under the pink rose. The blue forget-me-nots have yellow paper centers and floral wire stems. Two fern leaves are placed to the right underside of the flowers. On the back of the hat the silk pink organza is draped in two loops. A circle of six glass beads and rhinestones are tacked down with hand stitches at the center back of the hat. The hat’s interior is unlined, there is a pink petersham rayon ribbon sweatband sewn to the interior. A white label is sewn along the sweatband and reads [MR.John Jr.] in white 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
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Black Fashion Museum Collection
Classification
Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Type
hats
Topic
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Millinery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2007.3.553
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5712977bd-98ae-4bbf-8149-e69fe9717904

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