Black handbag from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured 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: Black faille handbag from Mae's Millinery Shop. The small purse is rectangular with a soft body and a rounded bottom that is wider than the top. It opens along the center top with a hinged metal bar that is covered in the same black faille. The opening fastens at the center with a metal clasp. Below the opening on one side is a decorative half-circle self-fabric flap. The short self-fabric handle is attached by a metal loop at each top side of the purse body. The interior of the bag is lined with black satin. A self-fabric coin purse with a metal knob closure at the top hangs by two self-fabric straps from one of the top interior sides. There are no labels.
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: 2016.48.93
objectType: label: Type
content: purses (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: faille, satin, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 8 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (20.3 x 23.2 x 7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (with handle): 13 1/4 x 9 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (33.7 x 23.2 x 7 cm)