Necktie worn by Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson on The Jeffersons
date: label: Date
content: 1975
name: label: Designed by
content: Rita Riggs, American, born 1930
label: Designed by
content: Betsey Potter, American
label: Designed by
content: Oleg Cassini, American, 1913 - 2006
label: Worn by
content: Sherman Alexander Hemsley, American, 1938 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: The Jeffersons, American, 1975 - 1985
notes: label: Description
content: This necktie (ab) is part of a suit worn by Sherman Hemsley as the character George Jefferson on the television show "The Jeffersons." The shell is made of silk printed in a rust, white, and light blue paisley design on a black ground. The tie has a wide blade and a rolled hem, and is lined with a decorative tipping of maroon silk with the brand name, "Oleg Cassini," and a coat-of-arms printed in white in a repeating pattern. The tie has interlining made from two (2) layers of plain woven beige wool. The tie loop is also a designer's label with text reading "B / BULLOCK'S / SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA / by Oleg Cassini / BURMA".
label: Description
content: The tie has been cut in the neck area into two (2) sections to allow for easier costume changes on set, with the blade of the tie (a) being longer than the tail (b). The raw edges of the tie are exposed at the cut, though the layers were stitched together with black thread. The two sections of the tie fasten with black Velcro™.
place: label: Place used
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Sitcoms
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.145.1.5ab
objectType: label: Type
content: neckties
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: silk and Velcro™
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (On form (ab)): 22 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (56.5 × 15.9 × 18.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat (ab)): 55 3/4 × 3 1/16 in. (141.6 × 7.8 cm)