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Title |
Netted Pheasant Feather Pillbox Hat, c. 1949-1950s |
Object Name |
Hat, Pillbox |
Description |
Netted Pheasant Feather Pillbox Hat, c. 1949-1950s. Pillbox hat with blue nylon net overlay, polychromatic feathers, including brown pheasant, iridescent dark green rooster-tail, white and bright green (dyed) possibly poultry, and blue (dyed) possibly ostrich feathers. Bright blue band is mostly obscured by feathers, and made of synthetic material. Green grosgrain ribbon sweatband and green net lining. Off-white millinery label embroidered in blue, brown and green. |
Date |
1949-1950s |
Creator |
Bullock's Wilshire Sportswear |
Role |
Milliner |
Catalog Number |
2019.120.013 |
Dimensions |
H-3 W-7.75 D-8 inches |
Collection |
3D - Clothing |
Inscription Text |
"BULLOCK'S / WILSHIRE / Sportswear / May / NEW YORK" (embroidered on off-white satin millinery label sewn into underside of hat band. "BULLOCK'S / WILSHIRE " is in brown, ''Sportswear" is in green, and "May / NEW YORK" is in blue. |
Provenance |
Costume material worn by Grace Blick who moved from San Francisco to Hillborough in 1916 and attended San Mateo High School. |
Notes |
"A pillbox hat is a small hat, usually worn by women, with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim. It is named after the small cylindrical or hexagonal cases that pills used to be sold in." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillbox_hat12/02/2019] "The popularity of the pillbox hat increased during the post–World War II (1939–45) era and reached its peak at the 1961 inauguration of President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), when his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy (1929–1994), wore a simple, unadorned bone wool pillbox hat designed by Halston (1932–1990). Previously, Mrs. Kennedy did not favor hats of any kind, but she was so taken by Halston's design that the pillbox hat became her trademark. She even was wearing a pink one on November 22, 1963, as she cradled her husband in her arms moments after he was shot while riding in a Dallas, Texas, motorcade. The cheerful femininity of Jackie Kennedy's pink suit and pillbox hat are ironic reminders of that tragic day." [http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/Modern-World-1946-1960/Pillbox-Hats.html] |
Search Terms |
Clothes Costume Accessories Costume and Fashion Fashion Fashion Accessories Feather Green, Grace Blick Hat San Mateo San Mateo High School |
Subjects |
Costumes Feathers Hats San Francisco San Mateo |
People |
Blick, Grace |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Diane Green Tokheim |