Name/Title
Ribbon style hat of blue and pink silk with lace and silk flowers, 1915Entry/Object ID
2006.37.8Description
ACC. NO. 06.37.8
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: 1915
OBJECT: HAT
DESCRIPTION:
A RIBBON-STYLED HAT OF GATHERED PALE BLUE-AND-PINK COLORED SILK, WITH AN INSET PANEL OF ECRU-COLORED MACHINE LACE UPON WHICH THREE PINK-COLORED SILK FLOWERS HAVE BEEN APPLIED. TWO RIBBON TIES ARE SEWN ONTO THE HAT.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
A HAT WORN BY IRMA HOFMANN, MOTHER OF THE DONOR. IRMA WAS A LONGTIME PROPRIETOR OF A BAKERY ON CENTRAL AVENUE NEAR WEBER STREET IN ALAMEDA.
DONOR: FREDI HOFMANN KAPP (IRMA'S DAUGHTER)
CATALOGED: APRIL 15, 2006
