Red hat with two bows
Object Details
- Description
- A blocked fur felt red hat with two bows. The hat is indented at the top of the crown creating a “telescoped” blocked shape. The brim of that hat is blocked to resemble a breton hat brim. There is a viscose satin ribbon where the crown of the hat meets the brim with a bow at the center front and the center back. The bows are secured to the hat with hand stitches. A metal wire is attached to the top of the brim at the hat's interior with a metal aglet. Another metal wire is machine stitched to the bottom raw edge which is then folded to the interior. This wire is covered with a red petersham ribbon sweatband. There is a fabric label stitched to the hat's interior at the center back that reads [A Clemar ORIGINAL by Wesco].
- 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
- 1950s
- Object number
- 2007.3.457
- Created by
- Wesco
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- hats
- Medium
- fur felt, viscose satin ribbon, metal wire, and petersham ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 4 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 9 × 21 1/2 in. (11.4 × 21.6 × 22.9 × 54.6 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_2007.3.457
