Dress shirt worn by Reverend Ike
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2005
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Paul Smith, British, founded 1970
label: Worn by
content: Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, American, 1935 - 2009
notes: label: Description
content: A size 16/41 white dress shirt designed by Paul Smith and worn by Reverend Ike. The shirt is made from white cotton. It is plain with a standard collar, a curved hem, and full-length sleeves with fitted cuffs. The shirt closes at the center front placket with seven, round, pearl, plastic button fasteners with molded text at the top and bottom of the button fronts that read [Paul Smith / LONDON]. A spare button is also sewn to the bottom, proper left side of the front placket. Each sleeve placket closes at the cuff with a single pearl button and features purple stitched buttonholes. A black and red fabric label is sewn at the interior center of the collar has red embroidered text that reads [MADE IN ITALY]. Also sewn to the collar seam is a small, black fabric, size tag with embroidered white text that reads [16/41]. The manufacturer’s label, a black fabric tag with white embroidered text that reads [Paul Smith / LONDON], is stitched to the interior back of the shirt below the collar. Stitched to the interior of the proper left front placket is a small, off-white, fabric tag with embroidered red text that reads [Make Love not War]. Stitched to the interior of the proper right front placket is a stack of small, white, fabric care tags with printed black text that includes manufacturing location, washing instructions, and fiber content in English, French, Italian, and German. The back of the shirt is plain.
place: label: Place made
content: Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Preaching
label: Topic
content: Radio
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eula M. Dent Eikerenkoetter (Wife) and Xavier F. Eikerenkoetter (Son)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.60.2
objectType: label: Type
content: dress shirts
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: cotton (textile) and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 32 5/8 × 22 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (82.8 × 58 × 4.5 cm)