Sujet

Gold pearl coil bracelet from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Coil bracelet made from rigid wire strung with plastic gold pearl beads. Mae Reeves (1912-2016) was a pioneering African-American milliner who was famous for her custom-made hats. Her business, Mae's Millinery Shop in downtown Philadelphia, was one of the first shops in the city to be owned by a woman of African American heritage.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A72_390

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,9Mo (994,7Ko) / 37,9cm x 34,3cm / 4475 x 4051 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black fashion shopping shop shops country museum color pearl dress jewellery jewelry beads artificial location century bead bracelet pearls concept African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Nineties Colour 20th century heritage American America USA 1990s decade object united states Unknown Reeves cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art Mae's Millinery Shop Mae Reeves Mae bracelets (jewelry)