Yellow wide brim hat with applique 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 pale-yellow hat with a wide brim composed of two gathered organza layers. The crown of the hat is made from a yellow, transparent, plastic crin material. Rows of evenly spaced yellow stitches go around the circumference of the crown and part of the brim. A yellow ribbon separates the plastic crin crown and organza brim and ends with a bow in the center back. Yellow applique flowers with green stems cover the crown of the hat. A light peach colored Petersham ribbon is stitch along the interior crown. There is no lining on the inside and 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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