Object Details
- presenter
- Cole Porter Centennial Committee
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the Cole Porter Centennial Committee in 1991. It is a made of a removable etched glass panel on a hollow wood base with three lights. The glass is etched:
1891-1991
YOU’RE
THE
TOP
Cole Porter
Centennial Committee
recognizes the
outstanding
achievements of
ELLA FITZGERALD
for sustaining the
Cole Porter legend
and for winning new
audiences to an
appreciation of his genius- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- presentation date
- 1991
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.054
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.054
- Object Name
- award
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- award: 3/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 15 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 23.1775 cm x 39.6875 cm
- base: 4 3/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 29.845 cm x 18.0975 cm
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Awards and Prizes
- related event
- Cole Porter Centennial
- Record ID
- nmah_1190822
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-51db-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
