Printed turban style hat

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A printed turban style hat with draping. The crown of the hat is flat and circular. The exterior of the hat is made of blue, yellow, and green abstract printed silk. The silk is draped across the hat at the center front. The drapery across the hat is secured with hand stitches. There are two decorative loops of green velvet hand stitched to the center front of the hat. The interior of the hat is made from buckram blocked in shape. The hat is lined in a light green synthetic silk brocade and secured to the edge of the hat with hand stitches. There is a hidden wire 1.25” from hat’s bottom edge. Braided silver metallic thread is hand stitched to the bottom edge of the hat. Under the metallic thread a green velvet band is stitched to the interior, this is partially visible from the outside.

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