Navy hat with cream decorations from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Manufactured by
content: Adolfo F. Sardina, Cuban American, born 1933
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A navy blue hat with a wide brim customized by Mae Reeves with cream and gold decorations. The hat is made from stiffened navy blue synthetic fiber and has a high round crown with a wide round brim that slopes slightly downward. A blue grosgrain ribbon is wrapped around the crown as a hatband. Bands of synthetic braid in metallic gold and cream are sewn together and then around the brim so that they stand upward to from an upturned edge on the brim. A panel of fabric decorated with cream sequins is gathered and attached around the outer edge of the standing brim, with cream beaded lace cording sewn along the top edge and left to dangle down over the sequins. Two (2) fabric labels are sewn at the interior center back crown. One is cream with black printed text reading "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA". The second is white with black and red embroidered text reading "ADOLFO II / NEW YORK PARIS".
place: label: Place made
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: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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 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: 2010.6.143
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: synthetic fiber, plastic, sequins, and beaded fringe
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 x 13 x 15 3/4 in. (15.2 x 33 x 40 cm)