LUSH! Vintage Wilshire, USA Union Made ~ Black & White Feather Pill Box Hat

Clothing : Womens : Hat : Pillbox : Wilshire : Feather

 

A rich & lovely mixture of black and creamy white swirling feathers adorn this vintage pill box hat. The soft feathers cover a stiffly formed hat that has retained it's shape and is in Excellent Condition. The inside offers a fancy brocade like pattern and two makers labels. The Wilshire Label, which has long been associated with fine millinery, remains intact. It appears someone added a long piece of black netting with rhinestone ends, probably to tie ribbon-like under the chin as a means of keeping the hat on one's head on a windy day. The netting is attached with a few large basting stitches and can easily be removed to bring the hat back to perfection. The hat measures 7 1/2" across and 2 1/2" deep. The hat band measures 22 1/2" around. The UNION Label identifies the hat as made by the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Union which helps date the hat to I believe between the years of 1934-1954, but certainly prior to 1983. The hat is clean and the feathers present, soft & shiny!

*** A Little History: United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International (1934-1954) was created in 1934 by the merger of two earlier Unions: United Hatters of North America (UHNA) and the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union (CHCMW). In general, the birth of these Unions was an effort to rid the United States of the horrible sweat shop conditions that were unfortunately still found in this country in the early part of the 20th Century.

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Item ID: PJDPLBXH