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Sequined net capelet from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A net collar or capelet decorated with sequins from Mae's Millinery Shop. The sequins radiate in straight lines from the neck, then decorate the scalloped border in undulating patterns, with a row trimming the scalloped bottom edge. The capelet is not lined and there are no labels.

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Catalog reference: 2010.6.184

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