Yellow cloche with yellow and green ribbon
Object Details
- Description
- A yellow cloche with a decorative ribbon and button. The body of the hat is made of yellow fur velour. There is a yellow petersham ribbon hat band at the base of the crown. A decorative yellow petersham ribbon in the shape of an inverted V with a thinner green petersham silk ribbon and a green button adorn the proper right side of the hat. The brim of the hat tapers downwards and slightly away from the face. On the inside of the hat a yellow petersham ribbon is machine stitched where the crown and brim meet. The edge of the brim has a metal wire that is encased in machine stitiching at the hat's interior. There is a stamped label at the inside of the hat on the top of the crown that reads [UNION MADE Peachbloom Velour UHC & MWIU MERRIMAC BODY MADE OF IMPORTED FUR]. There is a fabric tag sewn to the center back of inner sweat band that reads [23].
- 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. 1960
- Object number
- 2007.3.418
- Manufactured by
- Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- cloches
- hats
- Medium
- fur velour, silk, metal wire, and petersham ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 21 in. (16.5 × 21.6 × 21.6 × 53.3 cm)
- Place made
- Amesbury, Massachusetts, 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
- Millinery
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2007.3.418
