White beaded clutch bag from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Walborg Corp., founded 1940s
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Silver beaded clutch bag from Mae's Millinery Shop. The bag is rectangular with a top flap closure that fastens with one (1) metal snap at the center. It is covered entirely in short silver bugle beads arranged in concentric lines. The interior is lined in cream satin and there is one (1) interior pocket with an open top. A white fabric label with gold embroidered text reading "Richere Bag / by WALBORG / JAPAN" is sewn to the left facing side seam of the pocket.
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: 2016.48.63
objectType: label: Type
content: clutch bags
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: beads and satin with metal snap
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 5/8 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (11.7 x 23.5 x 4.4 cm)