Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
- Subject of
- Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
- Description
- An upholstered yellow high-backed armchair with a wooden frame painted off-white. The top of the back edge is higher in the middle, and with a turned finial at each side. The arms are rectangular and flat, with turned bulbous front section reaching between the arm and the seat. Caning is attached on each side between the arms, seat, and chair back. The front legs are tapered while the back legs are straight. The chair seat and back are upholstered in a yellow satin imitation damask fabric with a small repeating geometric design. The back is tufted. The removable seat cushion is covered in the same yellow fabric.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Mae Reeves and her children, Donna Limerick and William Mincey, Jr.
- 1941-1994
- Object number
- 2010.6.186
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- armchairs
- Medium
- wood, satin, and metal springs
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 46 x 26 1/4 x 26 in. (116.8 x 66.7 x 66 cm)
- Place collected
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Collection title
- Mae's Millinery Shop Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Exhibition
- Power of Place
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 051
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Black Enterprise
- Business
- Millinery
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2010.6.186
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cb2e8025-6dbe-40d7-b36c-399872e75d81
