Dressing Table from Mae's Millinery Shop
date: label: Date
content: 1941-1994
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
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 rectangular painted wood table from Mae's Millinery Shop. The table has several layers of paint in various colors including white, shades of off-white, and light pink. There are also fragments of faux wood grain contact paper on the tabletop. The top is supported by two turned bulbous legs. The middle section of each leg has carved decorations of ovals filled with stylized leaves in a Classical Revival style. Three (3) scroll-shaped supports at the top of each leg support and connect the top to the legs. Each leg has two (2) carved feet extending from opposite sides with decorative paw feet on pedestals. The legs are connected near the bottom with one (1) stretcher.
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
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: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
label: Exhibition
content: Power of Place
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
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: 2016.48.1
objectType: label: Type
content: tables (support furniture)
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: paint on wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 30 5/8 × 66 1/4 × 22 in. (77.8 × 168.3 × 55.9 cm)