Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Lady's hat
Object name
Lady's hat
Date
1900
Medium
Straw, silk, other textile
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 23.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Lady's hat with soft, circular crown made of dark purple netting covered with pink silk flowers with lavender leaves, and narrow purple straw brim with rolled strips of purple straw and purple braid; lined with ivory silk.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James De Graff
Object Number
1944.321
Marks
embroidered: on cloth label sewn inside crown: "Kurzman / Fifth Avenue / THIRTY-SIXTH ST. / New York"
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this hat was worn of the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is sub