- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- wood and velvet
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 33 1/2 x 30 x 21 1/4 in. (85.1 x 76.2 x 54 cm)
- Description
- An armchair upholstered in velvet with a wooden frame. The chair back is short, with a scalloped upper edge and a carved feather design. The feather motif is repeated on the arm frons and the back sides of the front legs. The back, seat, and arms are all upholstered in cream velvet with a large-scale burgundy floral vine pattern. There are squared side stretchers and one stretcher behind the front legs.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- chairs
- 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
- 2010.6.185
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




