Skullcap with twig and pussy willow decoration
Object Details
- Description
- A light green skullcap with twig and pussy willow decoration (a). The hat is constructed from two organic shaped pieces of buckram. The two pieces are mirrored at the center of the hat and overlap at the crown. The buckram is joined together with tacking stitches and covered in nylon net. The hat is asymmetrical, sloping downwards further at the proper right. There is a point on each side of the hat that arches towards the exterior. The exterior of the hat is adorned with small pussy willow, leaf, and twig decorations. The pussy willow buds are made of wire and paper covered in synthetic green velvet. The twigs are made of paper covered wire with green and white paint applied to the ends. All the ornamentation on the hat’s exterior is secured with hand stitches. Metal wire is included around the perimeter of the hat. The hat is lined with hand stitched cream synthetic fabric. A pink label is sewn along the edge of the hat and reads [Shop Individual INC. WASHINTON, D.C. MAUDE B. CARVER]. The hat has two paired hat pins made of metal with tufts of synthetic fabric at the edges (b and c).
- 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.
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- ca. 1955
- Object number
- 2007.3.407abc
- Created by
- Shop Individual Inc.
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- hats
- skullcaps
- Medium
- a. synthetic velvet, nylon net, synthetic fiber, metal wire, paper, and buckram
- b. & c. metal and synthetic fiber
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a. hat): 7 × 9 × 5 1/2 in. (17.8 × 22.9 × 14 cm)
- H x W (b. & c. pins): 3 1/2 × 1/2 in. (8.9 × 1.3 cm)
- Place made
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Local and regional
- Millinery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2007.3.407abc
