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Pair of black gloves with embroidered decoration 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 pair of black synthetic knit gloves reaching to the mid-forearm. A back machine-embroidered wreath is sewn at the back of the hand below the middle finger on each glove, as are two (2) of the same wreaths each on the outer arm of each glove near the opening.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2010.6.170ab

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