Long pink, purple, and yellow printed caftan style dress with purple slip. The caftan is composed of a sheer chiffon fabric in a white, pink, orange, yellow, blue, and purple in an abstract floral print. It has a boatneck and dolman style cap sleeves.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2019.88.1.2ab
A pink and purple faux straw cartwheel hat designed by Mae Reeves. The hat has a short rounded crown and a wide round brim made from braided synthetic straw that is sewn together in concentric circles. The straw is pale pink except for a wide band of pale…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.171
A pink and purple silk turban-style hat designed by Christian Dior. The hat is composed of a fabric with an all over pink and purple floral print. There is a bow of the same fabric at the back. The interior has a bright pink silk faille lining. A center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.540
A pink and red abstract paisley print bolero- style jacket. The jacket features a horseshoe neckline created by two panels of synthetic twill fabric that close proper right over left. The panels secure in the front with two sets of metal snaps. There is a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.661
A pink and red evening dress with tulle. The dress is sleeveless and has an inverted U shape neckline. Pink nylon tulle ruffles and pink synthetic machine lace are sewn along the bust. Red silk and viscose taffeta are sewn below the tulle. Two inch wide…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.971
A pink and red striped satin hat with a pink rose decoration designed by Mae Reeves. The hat has high sides and a flat top with no brim. The sides are made from strips of red and pink satin sewn together so that they wrap diagonally around the head, with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.6.177
A pink and silver brocade jacket with frog closures. The jacket is made of peach silk satin brocade with silver metallic threads creating bamboo leaf patterning. The Mandarin style jacket has a band collar and opens in the center front. Three self-fabric…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.656
Pink and white oval clip-on earrings from Mae's Millinery Shop. A large oval glass element with pink and white striping is set into a metal frame with pink rhinestones around the rim. The back has a scrollwork design with a pressure clip on top of it. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.79.1ab
A dome-shaped hat with pink and white synthetic flowers covering the entire exterior. The flowers are attached to a light pink synthetic knit material. The interior of the hat is unlined and there is no brand label. There is a surged seam that bisects the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.556
A pink and white lace dress with rhinestones and bow by Peter Davy. The light pink dress has leg of mutton sleeves with puffs at the shoulders and sleeves that taper towards the wrist. It is mid-length and trumpets out at the bottom. The body of the dress…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.115
A pink, yellow, and white quilt with a repeating block design of hand-pieced and appliqued pinwheels. There are nine (9) pinwheels arranged in three (3) columns of (3) and surrounded by sashing. The pinwheels are hand-pieced from plain white and double…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.162.6
A pink and yellow plaid sleeveless dress with ruffles. The dress is made of red, orange, pink, and yellow striped rayon twill with a striped rayon chiffon overlayer. The stripes on the rayon twill underlayer are horizontal while the stripes on the chiffon…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.243.1
A pink and yellow plaid incomplete dress with ruffles. The dress is made of red, orange, pink, and yellow striped rayon twill with a striped rayon chiffon overlayer. The stripes on the rayon twill underlayer are horizontal while the stripes on the chiffon…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.243.2
This is a pink apron with a pink and white rose pattern on the front pockets belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The apron consists of light pink fabric with four large front pockets made of fabric with a white and blush pink background and a pattern of large…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.51
A drop waist dress with a boatneck made from magenta silk crepe with a beaded grid pattern decorating the front and back bust. The front bust is one panel, sewn to the back panel at the side seams. There are three snaps closures at the right shoulder. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.622
Pink and white necklace from Mae's Millinery Shop. The center front of the necklace has a large metal triangular piece with scrollwork design, which is hidden from view by an oval shaped pink and white striped element set into a metal frame with pink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.48.79.2
A pink beret-style hat made from a light pink synthetic straw material. Two long-stemmed synthetic pink roses are adhered along the back and right side of the hat. The rose petals are made from pink polyster velvet and metal wire is used to secure the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.478
A pink cap with a rose and feathers. The brimless hat is made of blocked low-pile pink fur felt. Two strips of pink synthetic (possibly acetate) satin are pleated and intertwined along the circumference of the hat's exterior to create a braid-like…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.467
This is a child sized pink apron with a pink and white rose pattern on the front pockets belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. The apron consists of light pink fabric with four large front pockets made of fabric with a white and blush pink background and a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.13.1.52
A pink convertible clutch with a bow clasp. The outside of the clutch is composed of one panel of pale pink synthetic crepe that’s been gathered into a metal frame. A thin layer of pale pink synthetic fabric has been adhered to the frame and at the center…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.993
A pink convertible clutch with a studded clasp once owned by Precola Devore Pares. The body of the clutch is made from light pink synthetic faille material, and it has a trapezoidal shape that’s wider at the bottom.There is a layer of cardboard stiffiner…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.133
A pink cowl neck halter dress by Steven Burrows. The shift dress is made of silk crepe de chine and has a draped cowl neckline. Self-fabric cording is stitched to each corner of the neckline, a knot is placed at the edge of each cord. The bodice is cut on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.618
A pink crochet handbag. The bag has two straps which are connected to the body of the bag. The bag is rounded at the bottom and unstructured but has a stiffener between the lining and exterior fabric. The bag is lined with light pink synthetic fabric. A…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.3.1087
