Museum object · Textiles and Quilts
Two pieces of scrap fabric from Mae's Millinery Shop
1941-1994
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
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.
Two pieces of scrap fabric found in box 2010.6.64.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. One piece (.6) is an asymmetric length of black synthetic satin with one edge pinked and one edge the selvedge. The other piece (.7) is a piece of black and white woven synthetic fabric sewn into a loop with one edge left raw.
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Catalog reference: 2010.6.64.6-.7
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