- Manufactured by
- Chezelle
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- polyester with plastic buttons
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 58 1/8 × 26 in. (147.6 × 66 cm)
- Description
- A peach sheer polyester nightgown cover from Mae's Millinery Shop. The round collar and fitted cuffs of the full-length sleeves are smocked with a geometric design in peach thread. There is a slit at the center front neck that closes with two (2) small round pearlized plastic buttons. Each cuff closes with two (2) of the same buttons. The nightgown is floor-length with no waist. It is not lined. There are two labels sewn in the proper left side seam near the hem. One contains fiber content and care information, while the other reads "Designed by / Ruth Bekker / for / Chezelle.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- nightgowns
- 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
- 2010.6.65
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




