On View
Power of Place Gallery
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
cotton velvet rolled on pasteboard
Dimensions
H x W x D: 42 13/16 x 4 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. (108.7 x 12.4 x 6.4 cm)
Description
Length of pink cotton velvet fabric with a 40 5/8" selvedge rolled on a rigid brown paper tube.
Place collected
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
Classification
Textiles and Quilts
Type
textiles
Topic
Black Enterprise
Business
Millinery
Women
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
Object number
2016.48.99
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fc200004-d6c5-42d0-8f00-34e6d0610b07

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