Pink flower pillbox hat
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pink flower pillbox hat

Unidentified · 1960s

velvet, synthetic silk, buckram, paper, adhesive, and metal wire
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

A pillbox hat adorned with pink and white flowers. The top of the crown is flat and tapers straight downwards at the sides. The base of the hat is made of pink buckram. The exterior of the hat is covered in velvet and synthetic silk flowers attached to the buckram with adhesive. The flowers are colored with pink and white ombre petals. Pistons made of tightly wrapped paper with a coating are adhered to the center of each flower. There is one green fabric leaf at the center of the top of the crown. The interior of the hat is unlined. The bottom edge has a metal wire and is covered in machine stitched pink velvet.

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