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

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

2-832-515 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Mae Reeves: American, African-American: Milliner
Medium
  1. Bracelets (jewelry)
Picture Type
  1. Heritage art
  2. Object
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4475x4051
File Size : 53,111kb

Aliases

  1. 2016.48.51.8
  1. NMAAHC-79EAB67DE3CA2_5001
  1. 0990005729
  1. 2-832-515
  1. 2016.48.51.8
  1. 2832515
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