Gray bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A gray, one size fits all bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, light gray, batwing bow tie features an adjustable neck strap that fastens at the back of the neck. The batwing style bow tie has been stitched to the band. Sewn to the interior of the proper right side of the neck strap is a white ribbon with embroidered black text and lines that denotes the neck band lengths. The strap is adjustable from 13 1/2 inches to 17 3/4 inches. Embroidered black text at the top right corner of the ribbon band reads [U.S. PAT. 2125715-22080[—-?]]. Sewn to each end of the neck band is a metal hook and eye. Threaded through the band are the metal strap sliders used to adjust the neck band length.
place: label: Place made
content: 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: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
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: A2015.273.1.1.23
objectType: label: Type
content: bow ties
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: satin with thread , cotton (textile) and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 19 1/2 × 5/8 in. (4.5 × 49.5 × 1.6 cm)