Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/76d97874b7c1314b3a4da62b45370da1

Title

Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

Creator

Unidentified
Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994

Date

1941-1994

Description

Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves lined in cream silk knit. The gloves are seamed down the exterior side and along the fingers. There is an opening at each wrist that closes with three (3) small pearl colored plastic buttons, none of which are currently attached to the gloves. There is a label sewn to the interior seam of the left glove that reads "Lining 100% Silk" in dark blue embroidery.

Subject

Women
Black Enterprise
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Business
Mae's Millinery Shop
Reeves, Mae
African Americans
African American

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAAHC-78B1111910482_5001

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmaahc_2016.48.48.8ab&repo=DPLA

Subject

Women
Black Enterprise
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Business
Mae's Millinery Shop
Reeves, Mae
African Americans
African American

Citation

Unidentified, Mae Reeves, American, 1912 - 2016, and Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994, “Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 24, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27860.

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