Printed turban style hat
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Printed turban style hat

Sophia · 1960s

silk, buckram, synthetic silk brocade, velvet, metallic thread, and metal wire
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A printed turban style hat with draping. The crown of the hat is flat and circular. The exterior of the hat is made of blue, yellow, and green abstract printed silk. The silk is draped across the hat at the center front. The drapery across the hat is secured with hand stitches. There are two decorative loops of green velvet hand stitched to the center front of the hat. The interior of the hat is made from buckram blocked in shape. The hat is lined in a light green synthetic silk brocade and secured to the edge of the hat with hand stitches. There is a hidden wire 1.25” from hat’s bottom edge. Braided silver metallic thread is hand stitched to the bottom edge of the hat. Under the metallic thread a green velvet band is stitched to the interior, this is partially visible from the outside. There is a label stitched to the inside of the hat at the center back that reads [AN original BY SOPHIE].

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