- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- ca.1965
- Medium
- silk, faux pearls, buckram, and bugle beads
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 3 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (8.9 × 16.5 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)
- Description
- A cream hat with faux pearl embellishments. The hat is brimless and has a flat, circular crown. A circular piece of silk satin edged with fake pearls is stitched to the top of the crown. The cream silk satin surrounding the exterior of the hat is gathered underneath the circular panel at the top of the crown. The exterior fabric is set on the bias and has a diagonal seam at the center back of the hat. A flower with leaves and a stem made of faux pearls and bugle beads is tacked to the proper left side of the hat. The inside of the hat is made with handstitched buckram. The hat is unlined and unlabeled.
- 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
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- 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
- 2007.3.634
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




