Pair of elbow-length leather gloves and bag from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Wear-Right Gloves
label: Manufactured by
content: Aris Gloves, Inc., American, 1921 - 1921
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 white leather gloves (a,b) from Mae's Millinery Shop. A blue stamp for the manufacturer Wear-Right is at the interior left glove near the opening.
label: Description
content: The plastic bag (c) is clear and has red type that reads "to flatter and slenderize your hands / finest, lightest weight gloves / ARIS / MADE IN ITALY".
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: 2016.48.48.9abc
objectType: label: Type
content: gloves
label: Type
content: bags (containers)
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: a, b: leather;
label: Medium
content: c: plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 19 x 4 x 1/4 in. (48.3 x 10.2 x 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 19 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1/4 in. (50.2 x 13.3 x 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (c): 17 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 1/16 in. (44.8 x 14 x 0.2 cm)