Black tail coat with white pocket handkerchief worn by Cab Calloway
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Object Details
- Manufactured by
- After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
- Worn by
- Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Description
- (a) A black swallow-tailed coat worn by Cab Calloway. The coat is made of a black wool and synthetic blend fabric with black satin peaked lapels and straight cuffless sleeves. There are two (2) decorative round black plastic buttons, one at each outside wrist. The coat does not close in the front, but there are six (6) decorative round black plastic buttons, three on each front side. There is one (1) exterior inset pocket at the proper left breast. The tails of the coat are rounded on the outside edge with a squared corner at the center vent. There are two (2) decorative round black plastic buttons on the back, one at each center seam of the tails. The coat, tails, and sleeves are lined with black synthetic fabric. There is one interior pocket with an opening along the inside where the lapel meets the lining at the proper right front breast. Inside the pocket is a manufacturer's label with size 46R and care instructions is sewn inside the proper right interior breast pocket. Below this tag is a union label for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).There is a hanger loop at the interior center back neck made of black fabric with silver embroidered text reading "after Six / DRY CLEAN ONLY".
- (b) A white square handkerchief folded and used as a pocket square in the exterior proper left breast pocket of the coat (a). The cotton handkerchief has white supplementary warp and weft threads creating a woven plaid design around the borders.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- 1976-1995
- Object number
- 2013.237.4.1ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- tail coats
- handkerchiefs
- Medium
- (a): wool and synthetic blend fiber with plastic buttons;
- (b): cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W x D ((a) on form): 44 × 25 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (111.8 × 64.8 × 39.4 cm)
- H x W ((a) flat): 44 1/2 × 19 in. (113 × 48.3 cm)
- H x W ((b) flat): 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (37.5 × 37.5 cm)
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Costume
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Composers (Musicians)
- Conductors (Musicians)
- Costume
- Dance
- Jazz (Music)
- Singers (Musicians)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.237.4.1ab
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd521ce37c7-4778-401c-8fb4-1c7c3fac896c
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