Five pieces of hat veiling from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Five (5) pieces of hat veiling and found in box 2010.6.64.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop.
label: Description
content: .1: A length of black net.
label: Description
content: .2: A piece of black net gathered and sewn at one side with the rest of the edges left raw. Large black velvet polka dots are adhered onto the net.
label: Description
content: .3: A piece of cream veiling sewn into a circle with ribbon flowers sewn onto it.
label: Description
content: .4: A scrap of off-white lace net.
label: Description
content: .5: A piece of navy veiling with navy blue ribbons sewn onto it.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Millinery
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.64.8.1-.5
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: .1: net;
label: Medium
content: .2: net and velvet
label: Medium
content: .3: net and ribbon
label: Medium
content: .4: net
label: Medium
content: .5: net and ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (.1 largest): 24 3/4 in. (62.9 cm)