Red fedora with striped ribbon hat band
Object Details
- Description
- A fedora hat made from red wool felt. The hatband is made from a rayon Petersham ribbon with navy, red, and yellow horizontal stripes. The hatband is machine stitched to the hat with white thread. There is a gathered and pleated rosette sewn on the proper right side of the hat on the hatband with two short, diagonal cut ribbons sewn underneath it, pointing upwards. The interior of the hat is unlined. A large, white fabric tag is adhered to the interior crown. The label reads [100% wool felt by] in black text and [chelton] in red text.
- 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
- 1970s
- Object number
- 2007.3.495
- Created by
- Betmar, American, founded 1933
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- fedoras
- hats
- Medium
- wool and rayon ribbon
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5 × 10 1/2 × 12 × 21 in. (12.7 × 26.7 × 30.5 × 53.3 cm)
- 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_2007.3.495
