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- Power of Place Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- ribbon, cloth, and lace
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (as stored in original box): 2 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (6.4 × 36.8 × 29.2 cm)
- H x W x D (.25 as folded and pinned): 1/2 × 4 1/4 × 2 in. (1.3 × 10.8 × 5.1 cm)
- H x W x D (.26 as folded): 3/4 × 10 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (1.9 × 26 × 35.9 cm)
- H x W x D (.27 as folded and pinned): 5/8 × 6 3/8 × 11 3/8 in. (1.6 × 16.2 × 28.9 cm)
- Description
- Twenty-five (25) lengths of ribbon in varying widths, colors, and lengths, and two (2) pieces of fabric from Mae's Millinery Shop.
- .1) light blue 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .2) dark blue 1 1/2 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .3) dark green 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .4) mauve 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .5) burgundy 1 1/2 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .6) burgundy 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .7) navy blue 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .8) red 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .9) teal 1 1/2 inch satin ribbon
- .10) orange 1 inch satin ribbon
- .11) black 1 1/2 inch grosgrain ribbon with cream hand sewn borders
- .12) white 2 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .13) white 3/4 inch twill ribbon
- .14) white 1 inch satin ribbon
- .15) white and metallic 5/8 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .16) lavender 1 inch grosgrain ribbon with red edge
- .17) light blue 1 inch grosgrain ribbon with purple surface stains
- .18) lavender 1 inch grosgrain ribbon with blue edge
- .19) pink 5/8 inch satin ribbon
- .20) cream 1/4 inch eyelet ribbon
- .21) peach 1/2 inch satin ribbon
- .22) peach 1/2 inch satin ribbon
- .23) lavender 1/2 inch satin ribbon
- .24) dark blue 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .25) brown 1 inch grosgrain ribbon
- .26) large piece of blue iridescent synthetic satin fabric
- .27) piece of white stretch knit fabric with length of white lace pinned to it
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Textiles and Quilts
- Type
- textiles
- 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
- 2010.6.62.1-.27
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




