Sujet

Woven basket purse with floral design from Mae's Millinery Shop, 1941-1994. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A purse with leather handles made from woven grass like a basket, with the floral pattern on the front and lid executed with green cotton embroidery floss for the leaves, and woven fiber balls for the flower buds or berries. The flat lid of the basket opens at the center front with a leather and metal tab clasp. Strips of tan leather are attached with metal grommets around the sides and bottom of the basket, corresponding in placement to the short tan leather handles. 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_369

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

93,7Mo (3,1Mo) / 47,6cm x 49,3cm / 5627 x 5821 (300dpi)

Mots clés

shopping shop shops education country bag basket clothes museum color decoration decorative handbag dress location century clothing accessory accessories African American African-American 1940s woven afro-american Forties United States of America Nineties Colour Smithsonian Institution Educational Institution 20th century heritage American America USA 1990s decade raffia scientific institution object united states Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Mae's Millinery Shop grass cotton thread leather and metal purses (bags)