- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Reeves, Mae, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Date
- 1941-1994
- Medium
- faille, satin, and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (20.3 x 23.2 x 7 cm)
- H x W x D (with handle): 13 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (33.7 x 23.2 x 7 cm)
- Description
- Black faille handbag from Mae's Millinery Shop. The small purse is rectangular with a soft body and a rounded bottom that is wider than the top. It opens along the center top with a hinged metal bar that is covered in the same black faille. The opening fastens at the center with a metal clasp. Below the opening on one side is a decorative half-circle self-fabric flap. The short self-fabric handle is attached by a metal loop at each top side of the purse body. The interior of the bag is lined with black satin. A self-fabric coin purse with a metal knob closure at the top hangs by two self-fabric straps from one of the top interior sides. There are no labels.
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- purses (bags)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
- Object number
- 2016.48.93
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




