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Small round pink velvet women's hat trimmed with four pink and green velvet strawberry tassels. Constructed over stiffened straw base, with a pink lace lining. Two clear plastic combs attached with elastic bands to sides; pink grosgrain interior band. Milliner's label on interior [see Inscriptions].
hats
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straw (plant material)
velvet (fabric weave)
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Woven label on lining: ""Ethel Atkins / 16 ARLINGTON ST. BOSTON"".
1991.102 A
Atkins, Ethel (Milliner)
MA, USA
1 1/8 (W), 5 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ruth Lewis
1991.102
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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