Sujet

Wooden hat block from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Carved wooden hat block with a flat base and an asymmetrical curved upper form. There is a large circular hole at the center of the underside of the base. 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

HRM21A73_023

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

45,1Mo (999,3Ko) / 35,9cm x 31,5cm / 4237 x 3719 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black fashion shopping shop shops country museum color dress location century African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties United States of America Nineties Colour millinery 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 hat blocks bashing block hat block hat form