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A wicker armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a wicker wrapped wooden frame and a seat cushion. The wicker and wood have been painted a light blue and the cushion is a darker cadet blue. The chair has a high back support and sides with open crisscross gridding. The wide flat arms and the frame of the continuous back support feature a closed weave. The chair also has plaitin
A wicker armchair from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The chair features a wicker wrapped wooden frame and a seat cushion support. The wicker and wood have been painted a light blue and the cushion is a darker greenish blue. The chair has a high, continuous back support and sides with a closed basket weave. The narrow arms and the frame of the continuous back support also feature a closed weave. The
Wide-brimmed slouch hat designed by Mae Reeves with a high round crown made from a dupioni cream silk printed with geometric shapes in pink, grey, rust, and olive tones. A wide pink grosgrain ribbon hat band has two tails that extend below the brim at the center back of the hat. The underside of the brim is also faced in the printed dupioni silk. Both the crown and the brim are shaped with buckram
A wide brimmed woven raffia hat (a) with a detachable hat band (b). The braided straw has been blocked to shape to form the hat’s structure. The raffia structure of the hat consists of two strands of two-ply twine woven together. The braided straw spirals outward from the top center of the crown and is machine stitched into place. Two rows of black machine stitching connect the crown to the brim.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts. Supported by the Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History.
Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.