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Woman's hat
Designed by: Gertrude Singer (American)
American
1950s
Object Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk satin; cotton (?) velvet; metal
Dimensions
Overall: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Rowe de Marneffe
Accession Number2008.1346
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGreen velvet cocktail hat with central dark green bow on lighter green leaf shaped velvet. Covered wire brown braches with light green oval shaped fruit suspended at left and right side. Underside is dark green velvet covered in green satin ribbon. Bobbie pin on right side. Back label "Fashion Corner/Gertrude Singer/54 Church St. /Cambridge, MA."
ProvenanceUntil 1989, in collection of Florence Cassard Rowe; 1989, by inheritance to her daughter, Barbara Rowe de Marneffe; gift of de Marneffe to the MFA (November 19, 2008)