Red velvet beret
Object Details
- Description
- A red silk velvet beret. The top of the crown is flat and wide. The sides of the crown taper in slightly inwards at the bottom. The sides of the hat are made from red velvet cut on the bias with a seam at the center back. The thin hat band is made from bias cut velvet with buckram at the hat's interior acting as a stiffener. The inside of the hat is lined in silk faille with the sides of the crown and the brim cut on the bias. The hat has an inner sweatband made of rayon petersham ribbon. Machine stitches are used on both the interior and exterior of the hat for all the seams and the rayon ribbon.
- 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
- 1960-mid 1980s
- Object number
- 2007.3.429
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- hats
- berets
- Medium
- silk velvet, silk faille, buckram, and rayon petersham ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 4 × 8 × 9 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (10.2 × 20.3 × 24.1 × 52.1 cm)
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- 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_2007.3.429
