Small Pink Flowered Pillbox Hat 1940s

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Windham Textile and History Museum

A pillbox hat adorned with pink fabric roses is displayed on a wooden mannequin stand.

Name/Title

Small Pink Flowered Pillbox Hat 1940s

Entry/Object ID

2013.7.5

Description

A pillbox hat with large pink rosettes around the outside and smaller pink flowers on the top. Pillbox hats came into fashion in the late 1940s, and while typically unadorned could be found with veils or flowers like this one.

Collection

Milavsky Collection

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hat

Clothing Sex

Female

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Hat, Pillbox

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Headwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-A-6

Date

October 6, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Donated by Adelle Milavsky, owner

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

October 6, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

November 3, 2024