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- Power of Place Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- Manufactured by
- Van Raalte, American, 1907 - 2000
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in. (21.6 x 8.3 x 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 8 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (21.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 cm)
- Description
- Pair of light cream gloves with open cutwork lattice design on back of hands. The cotton knit gloves are seamed at the exterior side of the palm and along the fingers, with the seams left raw. There is a deep slit in the wrist at the center palm. The left (a) glove has a manufacturer's label sewn into the seam that reads "Van Raalte" in blue embroidered text. The right (b) glove has printed text in the interior palm that reads "ALL COTTON / EXCLUSIVE / OF ORNAMENTATION / SEWN IN PHILIPPINES".
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Fashion
- Type
- gloves
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.48.3ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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