Sujet

Hat stand base from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Wooden floor hat stand base with a grooved column. A large dowel protudes from the top of the column. The hat stand is painted with gold metallic paint. A length of light purple tulle is wrapped and tied around the bottom of the column. 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_143

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,7Mo (1,4Mo) / 29,9cm x 59,2cm / 3536 x 6989 (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 hat stand millinery 20th century heritage American America USA 1990s decade hatstand 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 stands