Romeo costume hose worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1956 - 1958
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of gold hose from a costume worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club for a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet themed routine. The hose has an elastic waistband and feet. The seams are stitched down the back of the leg and over the back of the heel. The waist features an inch thick wide, lacy, elastic waistband. The interior of the hose is mostly unlined except for two rectangular panels that run from the top center of the front of the waistband down the center and from the top center of the back of the waistband down the center.
place: label: Place used
content: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.2.2
objectType: label: Type
content: hosiery
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: nylon with elastic and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 47 1/16 × 17 3/8 × 3/8 in. (119.5 × 44.2 × 0.9 cm)