Pale pink raffia hat with faux rose embellisments 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: Pale pink hat made from woven raffia to form a high crown with a flat top and a short rounded brim with an inverted "v" at the center front designed by Mae Reeves. Two large pale pink artificial roses with leaves and stems are adhered at the center front crown above the peak in the brim. The interior of the hat is lined in pink net lace, with a length of pink grosgrain ribbon around the bottom crown. A cream fabric label with black printed text is adhered at the interior center back crown that reads "Mae Reeves / OF / PHILADELPHIA".
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
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 of Donna Limerick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.48.9
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: raffia, synthetic fiber, plastic, and lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9 x 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (22.9 x 22.2 x 26.7 cm)