Yellow pillbox hat with bow

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

A yellow pillbox hat with a matching bow. The top of the crown is flat and circular. The hat is made from yellow velveteen set on the bias and has a buckram interfacing. There is an inverted yellow velvet bow hand sewn to the center front of the hat. There are seven rows of quilting stitches that run the length of the velveteen used to make the bow. The inside of the hat is lined with machine stitched cream silk taffeta. A yellow petersham rayon ribbon is machine stitched to the inner edge of the hat. There is a metal wire at the hat's inner seam hidden by the rayon ribbon. A label is adhered on the center back of the hat that reads [PARIS Gibbé Hat NEW YORK] in red script. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

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