Sujet

Green and gold makeup box from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Prince Matchabelli Inc.

Légende

An empty makeup box for loose powder. The ovular container (a) is covered on the exterior sides with green and gold foil in a stylized floral design. It reads "Wind Song PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER" in green along the bottom edge of one short side. The bottom of the container is made from hard white plastic with molded lettering on the bottom that reads: "PRINCE MATCHABELLI, INC., DIST. / PERFUMED DUSTING POWDER NET WT. 5 OZ. / GREENWICH, CONN. 06830". The interior of the container is lined with pasteboard. The lid (b) is made from clear plastic and is slightly convex with a molded logo at the center of a crown inside a circle. 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_486

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,0Mo (1,1Mo) / 37,7cm x 32,6cm / 4455 x 3847 (300dpi)

Mots clés

people black fashion shopping shop shops country metal box museum color decoration decorative powder dress makeup boxes location century cosmetics make-up plastic African American African-American 1940s afro-american Forties face powder United States of America Nineties Colour 20th century heritage American America USA 1990s decade object united states Reeves container cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Heritage Art boxes (containers) Mae's Millinery Shop Mae Reeves Mae Prince Matchabelli Inc