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Turqouise turban style hat with brooch from Mae's Millinery Shop
- Designed by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 051
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Medium
- Hat: synthetic fiber;
- Brooch: metal and rhinestones
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (ab): 5 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 8 in. (14.6 × 21.6 × 20.3 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 2 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in. (5.7 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- A turquoise turban style hat with a gold metal and rhinestone brooch designed by Mae Reeves. The hat (a) is made from light turquoise synthetic faille that is draped like a turban with the folds sewn into place. A gold metal brooch (b) with green and clear rhinestones forming a leafy cluster is pinned at the proper left front. The interior is lined in the same fabric with a cream fabric label with black printed text reading "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA" adhered to the interior center back.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Fashion
- Topic
- Business
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Fashion design
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
- Object number
- 2010.6.160ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions