Red fedora with striped ribbon hat band

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 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. 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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