Romeo costume doublet worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club
date: label: Date
content: 1957
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Cotton Club, American, 1956 - 1958
label: Subject of
content: William Shakespeare, British, 1564 - 1616
notes: label: Description
content: A purple and gold doublet from a costume worn by Cab Calloway at the Miami Beach Cotton Club for a Shakespearian Romeo and Juliet themed routine. The doublet is primarily constructed from eggplant purple velvet. Gold patches that are roughly fish-shaped are sewn to the front and back shoulders and at the front waist. The patches are embellished with gold sequins, gold plastic disks and rectangles, and amber plastic gemstones. The doublet features gold lamé trim around the rounded neckline, at the waistline, and the sleeve cuffs. The sleeves are fitted along the forearms and wrists and the upper arm and shoulders feature gold lame puffs. The doublet has a silver tone metal zipper at the back center which runs from the neckline to the bottom of the waist. The neckline is secured with a silver hook and eye. The interior is lined with off-white cotton.
place: label: Place used
content: Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 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: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: A2015.273.1.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: doublets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: velvet and cotton (textile) with lamé , plastic , sequin and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Flat): 30 11/16 × 28 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (78 × 72.5 × 8 cm)