Straw hat with cream tulle tail and artificial flowers 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: Tan straw hat with tulle streamer and artificial flower decorations designed by Mae Reeves. The hat has a high rounded crown and a wide circular brim that is turned up all around. A length of cream tulle is wrapped around the crown as a hat band and tied at the center back, with two long tails extending beyond the brim as streamers down the center back. Two (2) artificial roses, one very pale pink and the other burgundy, are adhered at the proper right side of the crown. A white tag with black text sewn at the inter center back 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: 2016.48.25
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
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: straw, tulle, and synthetic fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 10 1/2 × 16 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (26.7 × 41.3 × 36.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (Tulle streamer): 23 × 8 in. (58.4 × 20.3 cm)