- On View
- Power of Place Gallery
- Museum Maps
- 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
- synthetic fiber, elastic, and thread
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 1/2 x 45 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 115.6 x 11.4 cm)
- Description
- Black ruffled scarf from Mae's Millinery Shop. The scarf is made from a long oval piece of black synthetic fabric with the ruffle created through an oval of black elastic thread sewn around the interior of the oval piece of fabric. A self-fabric loop is sewn on the underside of one end to pull the opposite end through and hold it in place around the wearer's shoulders. A manufacturer's label is cut from the underside of the opposite end from the loop.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.58
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




