Pink circular sewing basket with lid from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Princess, American
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A pink circular sewing basket with a flat lid that ties onto the basket with a long length of pink cord from Mae's Millinery Shop. The sides of the basket are made from woven cane. The bottom and lid are both made from wood. A small floral cluster in gold, cream, and green is painted onto the center of the interior bottom. A larger floral cluster is painted on the top of the lid. A pink plastic shelf with seven (7) pegs for holding spools is attached along one half of the interior of the basket. Two (2) additional pegs are missing, for nine (9) total pegs originally. A partial gold foil label with red text is adhered to the interior top edge of the basket above the spool shelf.
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: 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: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.6.61.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: baskets
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: paint, cane, wood, cord, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (15.9 × 26.7 × 26.7 cm)