Eleven lengths of various trimmings 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: Eleven (11) pieces of various trimming materials found in box 2010.6.64.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. Pieces include faux pearl beads, sequined and rhinestone embellished trim, and velvet ribbon. There are also two (2) pieces of embroidered velvet (.10 and .11) that are backed with a purple synthetic knit material that was cut from a larger finished object.
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: Textiles and Quilts
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: 2010.6.64.9.1-.11
objectType: label: Type
content: textiles
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: plastic, synthetic fiber, sequins, rhinestones, velvet, thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (longest piece (.1)): 1/8 × 74 in. (0.3 × 188 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (shortest piece (.10)): 1 1/4 × 12 1/2 in. (3.2 × 31.8 cm)