Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Pink hat with two-tone panels
1950s
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
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 wool felt pink hat with two-tone panels. The panels are light and dark pink and are made from a shiny, satiny material. The panels are sewn in an overlapping pattern that extends along the sides of the hat from the front to the back. A decorative piece of pink felt is sewn over a light pink panel of fabric on the back left side of the hat. The interior of the hat is unlined. There is a light pink Petersham ribbon stitched to the interior crown. A yellow fabric tag stitched to the center back over the Petersham ribbon reads [Woodward & Lothrop, Washington, DC]. A smaller fabric tag to the right of the brand label reads [22 ½] in dark brown text. 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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Catalog reference: 2007.3.453
