Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves 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: Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves lined in cream silk knit. The gloves are seamed down the exterior side and along the fingers. There is an opening at each wrist that closes with three (3) small pearl colored plastic buttons, none of which are currently attached to the gloves. There is a label sewn to the interior seam of the left glove that reads "Lining 100% Silk" in dark blue embroidery.
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: Fashion
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: 2016.48.48.8ab
objectType: label: Type
content: gloves
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: leather, silk knit, and plastic buttons
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 21 3/8 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in. (54.3 x 14 x 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 21 1/2 x 5 x 3/8 in. (54.6 x 12.7 x 1 cm)