- Designed by
- Pia, Maria
- Manufactured by
- Marshall Field & Company, American, 1852 - 2006
- Owned by
- Barnett, Etta Moten, American, 1901 - 2004
- Date
- ca. 1960
- Medium
- .1: cloth , net (textile) , paste (glass)
- .2ab: cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (.1: facinator): 1 3/4 × 9 15/16 × 5 7/8 in. (4.5 × 25.2 × 15 cm)
- H x W x D (.2ab: box): 4 3/4 × 9 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (12 × 23.5 × 23.5 cm)
- Description
- This is a black fabric fascinator (.1) with a veil and rhinestone decoration in a Marshall Field’s box with lid (.2ab). The fascinator (.1) is constructed of stiff black fabric that is loosely pleated and attached to a black headband. The black wide-spaced netting is gathered behind the headband and is draped over the top of the fascinator to hang in front. On the top proper right corner is a rosette made up of rhinestone clusters. Sewn onto the inside of the headband is a white fabric label with blue text that reads “by / Maria Pia.” The Marshall Field’s box and lid (.2ab) is a white square cardboard box (a) with a separate lid (b). In the bottom right corner of the box lid in gold cursive writing is text that reads “ Marshall Field’s.”
- Place used
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Etta Moten Barnett Archive
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- hats
- boxes (containers)
- Topic
- Activism
- Actors
- Broadway Theatre
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Millinery
- Singers (Musicians)
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- A2022.13.1.13.1-.2ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




