White shirt with rhinestones worn by Verdine White of Earth Wind & Fire
date: label: Date
content: 2004-2013
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Verdine White, American, born 1951
label: Subject of
content: Earth, Wind & Fire, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A white collarless men's shirt with full-length sleeves worn by Verdine White, bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire. The shirt is made from a semi-sheer white cotton and has side vents reaching approximately eight (8) inches from the hem. The shirt has a half-length center front closure with four (4) small round pearlized plastic buttons. White embroidery in a leafy vine design is stitched around the placket of the button band, the neck opening, and on the shoulder and sleeve seams. Fifteen (15) irredescent oval-shaped rhinestones are adhered to the shirt at even intervals within the embroidered border of the center front placket. Clear, round faceted rhinestones are adhered to the shirt within the embroidery design on each sleeve seam, with twenty-one (21) rhinestones placed at even intervals on each sleeve. A size tag was previously cut from the interior center back neck.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Soul (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Costume Designer Bernard G. Jacobs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.147.3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: 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 muslin, cotton thread, rhinestones, and adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 30 × 1 in. (76.2 × 2.5 cm)