A strapless floor-length dress made from black floral net lace with heavy gold embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress has fitted bra cups with a plunging rounded neckline at the center front and a shallow V-neck at the back. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.92
A brown and cream strapless dress with gold and silver sequin and bead embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from a dark brown velvet and has a sweetheart front neckline with a shallow V back. The bodice ends between the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.98
A strapless cream net cocktail dress with gold accents. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and is made of cream nylon tulle, the tulle is pleated horizontally along the top of the bust. Synthetic net with gold metallic supplementary wefts is sewn below…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.913
A strapless net cocktail dress with a sequin bodice and green sash. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and is made of white nylon net. Iridescent sequins are machine sewn across the front of the dress ending at the waistline. A sash made of green shot…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.247
A straw boater hat (a) with multicolored bands and hat pins (b,c). The hat base is made from natural straw that’s been blocked to shape and there’s a 1.5” wide brim. The brim’s edge folds over to encase metal wire, which has been sewn into place. Pinned to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1078abc
A straw boater with a hat band. The hat has a flat rounded crown with a flat oval brim. A brown cotton rayon blend petersham ribbon is wrapped around the base of the crown. Two strands of brown petersham ribbon are folded and sewn at the center back of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.762
This straw cowboy hat with a feathered hat band was worn by Arthur Lee. The woven straw is molded in place so that the crown has a triangular indentation, the sides of the brim are turned up, and the back edge of the brim points slightly downward. Reddish…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.41.3
A straw hat from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The hat is comprised of woven fiber bands that have been stitched together in a spiral pattern from the top of the crown to the edge of the brim. The hat is Stetson style with a wide brim that curves upwards on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.38
A straw hat with a chiffon band (2018.31.4.2a) and pin (2018.31.4.2b) owned by Rosa Parks. The straw hat is light in color and has a brim that is longer in the front than in the back. The edge of the brim is fairly thick. Around the base of the hat is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.31.4.2ab
A straw hat with a blue hat band and bow. The crown and the brim of the hat are made of two separate pieces which are machine sewn together. The hat has a round crown with a blue petersham ribbon adhered to the base of the crown. A bow made of blue…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.836
A tan blocked woven straw hat with brown ribbon (a). The hat is made of two separate pieces of woven straw, one is used for the crown and the other for the main body. The hat’s crown is short and rounded. The crown of the hat is machine stitched to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.398ab
A straw hat with a cream hat band. The hat is made of woven straw blocked to shape. The crown is ovoid shaped and has an indentation at the top of the crown. A cream synthetic petersham ribbon one and a half inches wide is adhered to the base of the crown.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.739
Tan straw hat with tulle streamer and artificial flower decorations designed by Mae Reeves. The hat has a high rounded crown and a wide circular brim that is turned up all around. A length of cream tulle is wrapped around the crown as a hat band and tied…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.25
A straw hat with a fabric daisy. The hat is brimless and has a low flat crown. The hat is made of woven straw, starting at the center top and spiraling outwards. A fabric daisy with a stem and leaf is placed at the center front of the hat. The petals of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.755
A straw hat with floral raffia embroidery. The hat is made of woven raffia blocked to shape. A pink flower with a yellow pistil and green leaves are embroidered to the top of the crown with raffia. Purple and red raffia are woven though the base of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.861
A straw hat with a beige hat band and a white flower. The hat is composed of one panel of natural straw that’s been blocked to shape. A 2” wide beige cotton synthetic blend Petersham ribbon is adhered around the outer crown and sewn to itself at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1094
A straw hat with pink, white, and black embroidery. The hat is made from one piece of woven straw. The crown of the hat is rounded and circular. The brim of the hat is upturned at the sides. Numerous areas of the hat are decorated with polypropylene…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.576
A straw hat with net and a cream peony flower decoration. The crow and the brim of the hat are made of two separate pieces of woven straw that are stitched together. The crown of the hat is fitted to the underbrim, and the top of the crown is seen at the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.579
A straw hat with a pink hatband, pink straw trim around the brim, and a white Petersham ribbon bow on the back. The hat has a short brim and a tall crown. The interior has a brown Petersham ribbon along the inside crown with adhesive spillage near the back…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.536
A straw hat with an upturned brim. The hat is made from one piece of woven straw. The top of the crown is rounded and circular. The hat's brim is wide and flat with the edges slightly upturned. Adhesive is placed on the proper left center of the hat's…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.578
A straw hat with a yellow band and pink ornament?. The hat is made of woven straw. It has a raised telescope crown. The brim of the hat flairs outwards and is longer on the front and sides than the back. A light-yellow synthetic knit gauze band is draped…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.804
Straw hat with a cloth band around the crown. The cloth band is multi-colored with blue and green stripes and the word [FREEDOM] written around it in white letters that have the background colors showing through.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.111
A straw macramé purse with a wooden button. The purse has a single strap. It closes with an envelope flap which fastens to a wooden button. The front and back of the bag are made of different macramé variations. The purse is lined with open weave woven…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1056
