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1940s-1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown and yellow striped vest, possibly made from Akwete fabric. The front of the vest is made from two panels of brown cotton fabric, sewn to the back panels at the sides and the shoulders. The vest has yellow supplemental silk weaves creating 1”…
1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown apron with a taxidermy mink head decoration. The apron is made from two panels of fabric. The apron is gathered and sewn to a brown rayon grosgrain ribbon waistband and the ribbon ties are left raw and unfinished at each end. Both the ribbon…
ca.1895
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown bodice and skirt made of novelty fabric with green silk trim. The dress was originally made in the 1890s but it has been reworked later. The bodice (a) is made from a silk wool blended novelty weave with black and multicolored silk thread woven…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown wool felt bowler with a hat band. The body of the hat is made of brown wool felt. The top of the crown is rounded and tapers straight downwards. Hidden paper stiffener is placed on the bottom two thirds of the crown. There is a brown rayon…
mid-20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown box purse with a gold frame. The construction of the purse consists of brown plastic vinyl covering a hard case. The bag has rounded edges, bound with brown vinyl piping, and closes with a gold-plated metal frame that opens all the way along the…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown, brimmed, derby-style felt hat with a foliage printed hat band. The hat band colors are green, orange, yellow, and white. The inside of the hat has a dark brown leather band that is stitched along the interior crown. Near the center front seam, a…
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA taupe wool felt cloche with brim and grosgrain ribbon front band with bow accent. The exterior of the hat has a fuzzy, fur-like texture. The interior of the hat is unlined with a brown Petersham ribbon at the interior crown. A yellow fabric tag stitched…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBrown clutch bag from Mae's Millinery Shop. The body of the purse is made from dark brown faille and it is lined in dark brown satin. The top hinges open and has interlocking knobs at the center to close, with rhinestones set into the gold-toned metal of…
1985-1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA chocolate brown crepe dress with metallic embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a high, rounded neckline, full-length blousy sleeves with fitted cuffs, and a straight skirt falling below the knee with a high slit at the center back. The…
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown crochet turban-style hat. There are two thin loops of black elastic crocheted into the front of the hat for added stretch. There is no inner lining and no label on the interior of the hat. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian…
1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA faded brown envelope from Dawson Kraft Shop with the image of a red cardinal on the left side. In the upper right corner, handwritten in pencil, is [1925]. Along the left side is text with the information of the photography studio [The Dawson Kraft Shop…
1960s-1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown faux alligator purse. The front and back of the purse are made from three panels of brown faux alligator leather: one large central panel (9” wide) and two side panels (each 1.5” wide). Attached to the top of the purse with trapezoid style O-rings…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA faux leather and faux fur coat with a matching belt. The coat (a) has a band collar that closes on the proper left side with two silver metal snaps. The coat opens in the center front with fourteen metal snaps on a vinyl placket at each side of the…
mid-20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown faux ostrich leather purse with a mirror. The purse is the shape of a trapezoid and has a short single strap which is attached to one side of the opening. It has a gold metal frame and a gold metal half circle latch closure at the center top. It is…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA light brown wool felt brimless hat covered in brown feathers designed by Mae Reeves. The upper portion of the hat is covered in small brown feathers with cream and black patterning. The lower portion of the hat, which is slightly wider than the upper…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pillbox hat made from cream wool felt covered in brown feathers designed by Mae Reeves. A cluster of feathers is attached at the proper right side, left loose to float beyond the hat. The interior opening is trimmed in black grosgrain ribbon. A cream…
1940s-mid 1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown felt hat with feathers and a bow. The hat has a rounded crown, a self-fabric bow is sewn on the proper left side at the base of the crown. Two orange feathers are sewn above the bow, the ends of the quills are inserted into a black plastic holder…
2006
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dark brown homburg style hat made from brown wool felt and a black grosgrain ribbon hatband with a bow at the proper left side. A cluster of multi-colored feathers extends from the top of the bow. The interior of the crown is lined with brown synthetic…
ca. 2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis western-style brown fringed suede jacket was worn by Arthur Lee. The single-breasted jacket has full-length sleeves and a standard collar. The front opening is folded and pressed to create a lapel. The jacket closes at the center front with four (4)…
1960s-1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown fur coat with a mink collar. The long sleeve coat opens in the center front and has a light brown fur collar. The brown mink collar is sewn overtop of a notched collar that is made of the same fur as the rest of the coat. Three buttons with black…
ca. 1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown fur felt cloche with a downward sloping brim (a). The hat’s crow is short and rounded, fitting close to the head. The brim of the hat and the crown are machine stitched together. The side of the fur that has more nap is used for the brim of the hat…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown fur felt hat with a hat band. The hat is composed of two pieces (one for the hat crown and one for the brim) of brown fur felt that have been blocked to shape and machine sewn together at the outer circumference of the crown. Around the outside of…
1985-1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA dark brown iridescent satin halter neck dress with gold sequin and beaded music-themed embellishments designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress is made from a tube of gold sequin-covered fabric, with two wide strips of deep dark brown satin fabric…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSmall brown frame bag with a plastic amber handle and a single metal clasp top closure. The oblong bag is faced in a dark brown knit and lined with brown synthetic lining material. A coin purse made from the brown lining with a top closure is attached to…
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