Yellow cloche with yellow and green ribbon

Merrimac Hat Company, American, 1838 - 1970 · ca. 1960

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]. There is a fabric tag sewn to the center back of inner sweat band that reads [23].