Blue net cap with flowers

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 blue cap composed of a light blue stiff net understructure. The sides of the hat are covered with nine blue fabric flowers with petals composed of silk acetate and synthetic velvet. Paper pistils painted with a pearl coating are at the center of each flower. The fabric flowers are attached to the hat with adhesive. A wire is sewn along the hat’s bottom edge and is encased with a velvet binding. The interior of the hat is unlined and there is no label. 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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