Black vinyl hat with wide brim

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 black vinyl hat with a wide brim. The hat has a flat crown, the crown is made of two pieces of vinyl one for the top of the crown and one for the sides. The crown is hand sewn to the brim and has a center back seam along the side of the crown. The brim is slightly wider at the front and sides than the back. The exterior and underside of the brim are both made of vinyl; they are machine sewn at the edge of the brim. The interior of the crown is stiffened with buckram. A metal wire is encased along the edge of the brim. The crown of the hat is lined with cream floral synthetic pattern weave. A black synthetic petersham ribbon is adhered and hand sewn along the inner circumference of the crown. A woven fabric label is hand sewn along the center back of the petersham ribbon.

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