Framed profile of a woman in a pink dress from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created 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: Framed profile portrait of a woman in a pink dress from Mae's Millinery Shop. The woman is worked in paper, fabric, and lace on a black satin background. She is in profile with her face drawn in graphite on brown paper visible beyond the edges of her large sunbonnet. She wears a pelisse and a full tiered ruffle skirt made from pale pink satin. Her bonnet, neck, and waist are decorated with pink velvet flowers and cream lace. Her skirt is trimmed in lace and her foot, drawn on brown paper in graphite, is visible peeking out from the hem of her skirt. The portrait is inside a wooden frame painted silver and backed with brown pasteboard. A metal hook is at the reverse center top for hanging. A piece of tape with a handwritten note in black ink is adhered to the back that reads: "Mae Reeves gave / this to Donna Limerick / (in 1985) / As a Gift. It was / in her Hat Shop at / 41 N. 60th St / Phila. PA".
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: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
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: 2016.48.98
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: mixed media
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: satin, lace, velvet, paper, paint on wood, glass, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 5/8 in. (27.3 x 19.7 x 1.6 cm)