Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium

paint on wood

Dimensions

H x W x D (ab): 8 × 7 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (20.3 × 18.6 × 18.6 cm)

H x W x D (a): 6 × 5 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (15.2 × 14.9 × 14.6 cm)

H x W x D (b): 3 5/8 × 7 5/16 × 7 5/16 in. (9.2 × 18.6 × 18.6 cm)

Type

hat stands

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1994

Description

A wooden hat stand base (a) and form (b) painted white. The base is circular with one groove carved into the top of the base. A turned wooden dowel is screwed into the center of the base. The form is circular and tapers in toward the bottom where it attaches to the stand via a hole in the center of the underside.

Topic

African American

Business

Ornamentation

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

2010.6.129ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment-Occupational

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Smalls, Robert, American, 1839 - 1915

Medium

glass, metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 25 × 10 × 10 in., 9 lb. (63.5 × 25.4 × 25.4 cm, 4.1 kg)

Type

lamps (lighting device components)

Place used

Beaufort, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

19th century

Description

This oil lamp has been converted from oil to electric. It has a hand-painted base that is white with pink flowers. There is a matching lamp with hand-painted glass shade and a clear glass chimney.

Topic

African American

American South

Domestic life

Ornamentation

Reconstruction (United States History, 1865-1877)

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2010.28.10a-e

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium

paper, plastic, wire, and cardboard

Dimensions

H x W x D: 2 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (6.4 x 73 x 15.9 cm)

Type

accessories

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1994

Description

Artificial pink paper flowers on green plastic stems with coiled paper-wrapped wire pieces coming off the stems. The flowers are tied with string to the bottom of the box. White stickers wrapped around the stems of the artificial flowers read "MADE IN CHINA".

Topic

African American

Business

Fashion

Ornamentation

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number

2016.48.105

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Tools and Equipment-Crafting-Artistic-Image-making

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium

metal, glass, and velvet

Dimensions

H x W x D: 3 5/16 x 5 3/4 x 7 in. (8.4 x 14.6 x 17.8 cm)

Type

boxes (containers)

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1994

Description

Gold-colored metal oval jewelry box with open scrolled design around the sides and a clear glass top. The box sits on four metal feet. The interior and exterior sides of the bottom are faced in gold velvet.

Topic

African American

Business

Ornamentation

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number

2016.48.22

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium

glass and metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 5 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in. (14.4 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm)

Type

stemware

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1994

Description

Glass stemware with gold decoration at rim of bowl and at base of stem.

Topic

African American

Business

Cooking and dining

Ornamentation

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number

2016.48.30.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016

Subject of

Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Medium

paint on porcelain

Dimensions

H x W x D: 4 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (12.4 x 7 x 7 cm)

Type

holders

Place collected

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

1941-1994

Description

Porcelain bud vase used as a hatpin holder by Mae Reeves. The vase is cylindrical with a wide base. The top of the vase has ten small holes surrounding one large center hole. Pink and purple floral sprays are painted around the sides and on the base.

Topic

African American

Business

Ornamentation

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick

Object number

2016.48.94.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Collection title

Mae's Millinery Shop Collection

Classification

Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Exhibition

Power of Place

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Louis Fritz, Guadeloupean, founded 1982

Medium

metal

Dimensions

H x W x D (each): 1 3/8 × 1 × 7/8 in. (3.5 × 2.5 × 2.2 cm)

Type

earrings

Place made

Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Date

1990s

Description

A pair of tété négresse style gold-colored earrings with fish hook clasps. Each earring is formed with four (4) consecutive circular layers that form a convex shape with the innermost layer being the pinnacle. This center layer is made from a single gold-colored metal bead that has a raised center nipple surrounded by a rounded cone with engraved stripes. The center bead is soldered to a second layer of five (5) gold-colored metal flower beads that have hollow centers with a single stamen protruding from the center. The layer is in turn soldered to the third layer, comprised of nine (9) of these same flower beads. The third layer is soldered to the fourth and outermost layer made from a ring of gold-colored metal resembling a ball chain, but with the back of this piece being flat. There is one rounded ball section protruding from the outermost layer with the looped portion of the clasp extending from it and attaching to a hook at the bottom center back.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Beauty culture

Clothing and dress

Design

Fashion

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2015.32ab

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Adornment

Exhibition

Cultural Expressions

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Designed by

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Adjaye, David, British, born 1966

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Freelon, Philip G., American, born 1953

SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853

Manufactured by

Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923

Morel Industries, founded 1917

Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985

Northstar Contracting, Inc., American

Medium

cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint

Dimensions

H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)

Type

facades

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 2013

Description

An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels were constructed in differing levels of opacity or thickness, in order to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building. This panel is the Type A design, with an opacity or density of 65% (35% open). The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column. This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Architecture

Design

Local and regional

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.41.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Buildings and Structures

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Designed by

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Adjaye, David, British, born 1966

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Freelon, Philip G., American, born 1953

SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853

Manufactured by

Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923

Morel Industries, founded 1917

Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985

Northstar Contracting, Inc., American

Medium

cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint

Dimensions

H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)

Type

facades

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 2013

Description

An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type C design, with an opacity or density of 75% (25% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.

The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.

The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Architecture

Design

Local and regional

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.41.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Buildings and Structures

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Designed by

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Adjaye, David, British, born 1966

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Freelon, Philip G., American, born 1953

SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853

Manufactured by

Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923

Morel Industries, founded 1917

Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985

Northstar Contracting, Inc., American

Medium

cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint

Dimensions

H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)

Type

facades

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 2013

Description

An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type E design, with an opacity or density of 85% (15% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.

The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.

The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Architecture

Design

Local and regional

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.41.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Buildings and Structures

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Designed by

Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008

Adjaye, David, British, born 1966

Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009

Freelon, Philip G., American, born 1953

SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853

Manufactured by

Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923

Morel Industries, founded 1917

Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985

Northstar Contracting, Inc., American

Medium

cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint

Dimensions

H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)

Type

facades

Place collected

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 2013

Description

An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type F design, with an opacity or density of 90% (10% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.

The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.

The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Architecture

Design

Local and regional

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2016.41.4

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Buildings and Structures

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Used by

Nazareno, Débora, Ecuadorian

Owned by

Juan García Salazar, Ecuadorian, 1944 - 2017

Medium

wood

Dimensions

H x W x D: 5 1/2 x 12 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. (14 x 32.7 x 37.5 cm)

Type

seating

Place made

Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Latin America, South America

Date

early 20th century

Description

A carved wooden boat seat with two legs and a concave center. The seat has a design etched into its surface of a spider web. A spider is at the center of the web.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Art

Craftsmanship

Folklife

Ornamentation

Transportation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Juan Garcia Salazar

Object number

2008.18

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Exhibition

Cultural Expressions

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Simmons, Philip, American, 1912 - 2009

Medium

iron alloy

Dimensions

79 1/2 × 29 × 4 in. (201.9 × 73.7 × 10.2 cm)

2008.11.1ab: 153 lb. (69.4 kg)

2008.11.1a: 77 lb. (34.9 kg)

2008.11.1b: 76 lb. (34.5 kg)

Type

gates

Place made

Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Place used

Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date

1970s

Description

A wrought iron metalwork gate created by the blacksmith and artist Philip Simmons. The gate has two halves, one with a female latch with an inverted L-shaped vertical slide lock. The other has the male latch with a decorative hook that slides up and down on two bolts. Each door of the gate is primarily composed of seven evenly spaced vertical bars. Halfway up each gate is an open section with curving French scroll work positioned horizontally. Similar scroll work is present as the top decoration of the gate. The gate doors are taller at their center than on their hinge side.

Topic

African American

Art

Craftsmanship

Ornamentation

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2008.11.1ab

Restrictions & Rights

© Phillip Simmons Estate

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Classification

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Unidentified

Medium

sterling silver

Dimensions

4 1/4 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. (10.8 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm)

Type

spoons

Date

ca. 1900-1930s

Description

A souvenir spoon from Florida. The raised design on the bowl features a flamingo standing next to a tree on a shoreline with the text [FLORIDA]. The design on the front of the handle features a caricature of a boy's face and an alligator, its tail wrapped around the boy's head. The back of the handle features the back of the boy’s head and three palm trees. Raised lettering on the handle, next to a small four-leaf clover, reads [STERLING · THOMAS TUGBY ·]

Topic

African American

Caricature and cartoons

Cooking and dining

Ornamentation

Stereotypes

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer

Object number

2007.7.39

Restrictions & Rights

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Collection title

Collection of James M. Caselli and Jonathan Mark Scharer

Classification

Tools and Equipment-Culinary

Exhibition

Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Created by

Bentzon, Peter, American, ca. 1783 - after 1850

Medium

silver and wood

Dimensions

H x W: 7 x 12 x 5 in. (17.8 x 30.5 x 12.7 cm)

Type

teapots

Place made

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date

ca. 1817-1829

Description

The silver teapot has an oval vase-shape on a spreading pedestal foot, with curved spout capped by an incised patera and wooden leaf-capped scroll handle, and hinged domed cover with acorn finial. The scripted monogram "MC" has been engraved on the side and the name "Rebecca Dawson" has been engraved along the bottom rim.

Topic

African American

African diaspora

Craftsmanship

Free communities of color

Ornamentation

United States--History--1815-1861

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2010.14

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Exhibition

Slavery and Freedom

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture