Facinator and Marshall Field's box belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

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.

This is a black fabric fascinator (.1) with a veil and rhinestone decoration in a Marshall Field’s box with lid (.2ab). The fascinator (.1) is constructed of stiff black fabric that is loosely pleated and attached to a black headband. The black wide-spaced netting is gathered behind the headband and is draped over the top of the fascinator to hang in front. On the top proper right corner is a rosette made up of rhinestone clusters. Sewn onto the inside of the headband is a white fabric label with blue text that reads “by / Maria Pia.” The Marshall Field’s box and lid (.2ab) is a white square cardboard box (a) with a separate lid (b). In the bottom right corner of the box lid in gold cursive writing is text that reads “ Marshall Field’s.”

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