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Woman's hat
Designed by: Gertrude Singer (American)
American
1950s
Object Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, Untied States
Medium/Technique
Cotton velvet, wire, silk flowers, silk plain weave ribbon
Dimensions
Overall: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara Rowe de Marneffe
Accession Number2008.1347
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRed velvet cocktail hat made of velvet-covered wire structure trimmed with 3-dimensional berries and leaves, assymetrically placed off to right side. Lined with silk plain weave (grosgrain) ribbon and 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, MA; gift of de Marneffe to the MFA (November 19, 2008)