Pink and white earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Miriam Haskell, founded 1926
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Pink and white oval clip-on earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop. A large oval glass element with pink and white striping is set into a metal frame with pink rhinestones around the rim. The back has a scrollwork design with a pressure clip on top of it. The maker's name is engraved into the clip.
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
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: Jewelry and Adornment
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: 2016.48.79.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: earrings
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Each): 1 3/16 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. (3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm)