Wedding Invitation Suite: Invitation gold sleeve
date: label: Date
content: 2016
name: label: Designed by
content: Hadiya Williams, American, born 1978
label: Subject of
content: Shantrelle P. Lewis, American, born 1978
label: Subject of
content: Tony Oluwatoyin Lawson, born 1978
notes: label: Description
content: Gold tissue paper sleeve containing wedding invitation [2018.30.1e] designed by Hadiya Williams for the wedding of Shantrelle Lewis and Oluwatoyin Lawson. The gold sleeve opens at the top and has a semi-circle cut out at the center. The front of the sleeve has a gold wax stamp with a lion insignia. The lion is in silhouette standing on its hind legs, one leg rests on a crescent moon while his arms hold a sun with radiating rays. The wax stamp connects the black string that wraps around the object twice to the sleeve. The string is tied together on the back side.
place: label: Place made
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
label: Cultural Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Hadiya Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.30.1g
objectType: label: Type
content: envelopes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2016 Hadiya Williams
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: tissue paper with wax and string
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 9 1/8 × 3 3/4 in. (23.1 × 9.6 cm)