A light green floral brocade pillbox hat. The hat (a) is made of synthetic brocade with polyester opalescent flat foil thread. The top of the crown and side of the crown are made of two separate panels which are sewn together. A pleat is sewn along the side of the crown. A seam is along the center back on the side of the crown. The edge of the brocade is folded to the interior and hand sewn. Buckram is used at the interior as a stiffener. A metal wire is placed at the edge of the hat, encased in the buckram and synthetic brocade. The hat is unlabeled and unlined.
Three brocade fabric scraps match the fabric used on the hat's exterior. The longest fabric panel (b) has a mix of pinked and raw edges. A semicircle cut out is along one end, a rectangular piece is cut out along the narrower end. The second longest fabric panel (c) has the fabric's selvage along one end. It has a mix of pinked and unfinished edges. A large section is cut out of the center. The smallest fabric scrap (d) is triangular. Each side of the fabric is finished in a different way, the longest end is finished with the selvage, the other ends are pinked or unfinished.
| Date | 1960s |
| Created by | Unidentified |
| Subject of | Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007 |
| Medium | synthetic brocade with polyester thread, buckram, and metal wire |
| Dimensions | H x W x D x C (a. hat): 4 × 7 1/2 × 8 × 21 1/2 in. (10.2 × 19.1 × 20.3 × 54.6 cm) |
| Dimensions | L x W (b. fabric panel): 40 × 13 in. (101.6 × 33 cm) |
| Dimensions | L x W (c. fabric panel): 38 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (97.8 × 39.4 cm) |
| Dimensions | L x W (d. fabric scrap): 9 × 4 in. (22.9 × 10.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane |
| Object number | 2007.3.869a-d |
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