Yellow cloche with yellow and green ribbon

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.

A yellow cloche with a decorative ribbon and button. The body of the hat is made of yellow fur velour. There is a yellow petersham ribbon hat band at the base of the crown. A decorative yellow petersham ribbon in the shape of an inverted V with a thinner green petersham silk ribbon and a green button adorn the proper right side of the hat. The brim of the hat tapers downwards and slightly away from the face. On the inside of the hat a yellow petersham ribbon is machine stitched where the crown and brim meet. The edge of the brim has a metal wire that is encased in machine stitiching at the hat's interior. There is a stamped label at the inside of the hat on the top of the crown that reads [UNION MADE Peachbloom Velour UHC & MWIU MERRIMAC BODY MADE OF IMPORTED FUR].

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