Purple felt hat with pink and purple hat band

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A purple brushed wool felt hat with a pink and purple hat band. The hat has been blocked to shape, the crown is rounded with a short, upturned brim. Around the crown, two lengths of half inch wide petersham ribbon, one pink and one purple, have been sewn together lengthwise to create a hat band. There is a four-inch-wide faux bow made of the same ribbon at the proper right side. The hat band is hand tacked into place. The hat has a two-inch-wide brim around the hat’s circumference. The edges of the brim are turned up slightly, folded, and machine sewn to encase a wire for shaping. At the interior, a purple petersham ribbon inner band is machine sewn around the interior circumference. A white stamped label on the interior top of the crown reads [100% WOOL / MELOSOIE / HENRY POLLACK, INC / NEW YORK].

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