Black cap with netted lace and silver flower brooch from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Black cap (a) designed by Mae Reeves made from five (5) triangular pieces of satin and lined with black grosgrain fabric. Black net with small black dots is gathered and sewn at the proper front and back centers of the cap. It is poufed over the cap and extends beyond the sides of the cap, likely fixed in place with an aerosol adhesive. Black satin ribbon is tied in a bow and sewn at the center front of the cap, then covered with a large costume brooch (b) of a flower with silver metal petals and a center of small faux diamonds. There is an interior hat band of black grosgrain ribbon. An ivory fabric designer label is adhered to the center back of the interior band that reads: "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA". There are two metal hair pins on the cap, one on either side of the label.
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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
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: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.213.4ab
objectType: label: Type
content: caps (headgear)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: satin, net, ribbon, metal, and glass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 11 x 14 x 12 1/2 in. (27.9 x 35.6 x 31.8 cm)