Bow tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1984
name: label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A gray, After Six, Dynasty Collection, one size fits all bowtie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The satin, pre-tied, butterfly bow tie features an adjustable gray neck strap that fastens behind the bow tie knot. The bow tie has been stitched to the band. The band strap has a gray metal strap adjuster and a hook at the end of the strap that clips to an eye just behind the bowtie. Sewn to the tie strap is a black fabric tag with white embroidered text on the front that reads [after / Six® / MADE IN U.S.A.] and is blank on the back.
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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: A2015.273.1.1.55.4
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 and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 15/16 × 17 13/16 × 13/16 in. (5 × 45.3 × 2 cm)