Beaded collar from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Baare Beards, Inc.
label: Owned by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Pale peach faux pearl and silver rhinestone collar from Mae's Millinery Shop. The beads and rhinestones are attached to a peach satin ground fabric with a stylized floral bud design along the bottom edge. The facing side is completely covered in beading so that the fabric is not visible. The collar is backed in the same peach satin and closes with one (1) metal hook-and-eye at the center front. A fabric label is sewn at the verso center with brown embroidered text reading "Hand Made / a "Top Hit" fashion / BAARE BEARDS, INC. / JAPAN".
place: label: Place collected
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
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: Jewelry and Adornment
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: 2016.48.51.1
objectType: label: Type
content: collars (neckwear)
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: beads, rhinestones, and satin with metal fastener
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 1/8 x 11 x 3/8 in. (15.6 x 27.9 x 1 cm)