Woven fiber basket with hat trimmings from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Created by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
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 woven straw basket (.1) with a hinged lid decorated on the top of the lid and the sides of the body with a large scale embroidered floral pattern in multi-colored raffia from Mae's Millinery Shop. The hinges on the basket are made from woven straw, as are straps on the front sides that fasten around metal buckle loops. There is also a straw handle on the front, which also functions as the top of the basket as the side with the lid hinges is flat. The inside of the basket is lined with a pink fabric that has a large scale print design of blue roses with mint green leaves. The basket was used by Mae Reeves to store the following hat decorating supplies, in addition to loose feathers, thread, and a sewing needle not numbered:
label: Description
content: .2) two black peacock feather tufts
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content: .3) 60 " length of red tulle
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content: .4) light color fur collar
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content: .5) dark fur pelt that appears to be partially shaped into a circular shape for a hat.
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content: .6) silk flower bunch
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content: .7) off-white satin bow
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content: .8) dark blue veiling
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content: .9) brown veiling
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content: .10) red cardinal bird figure covered in feathers
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content: .11) length of gray foam covered in peach feathers
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content: .12) tuft of brown feathers attached to a strip of brown fabric
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content: .13) black hatband with brooch, veil and peacock tuft attached
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content: .14) cluster of white faux flower buds attached to green wire
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
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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: 2010.6.29.1-.14
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: basket: straw, raffia, and metal;
label: Medium
content: contents: feathers, net, synthetic fiber, foam, wire, adhesive, and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1): 15 × 16 × 6 in. (38.1 × 40.6 × 15.2 cm)