Black beret with beaded details from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Black wool felt beret designed by Mae Reeves with hand beading using black bugle beads in meandering three-columned lines interspersed with spirals. Spaces between the bugle bead elements are filled in with black seed beads in a vermicelli pattern. A length of black wool heavily beaded with black seed beads is doubled over and sewn into the fold at the proper left side. The beret has an interior hat band made of red grosgrain ribbon. An ivory fabric designer's label with black printed text is adhered at the center back of the interior band that reads: "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA".
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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.40.1
objectType: label: Type
content: berets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wool felt and glass beads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 x 7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (15.2 x 19.7 x 18.4 cm)