Black tail coat with white pocket handkerchief worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1976-1995
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) A black swallow-tailed coat worn by Cab Calloway. The coat is made of a black wool and synthetic blend fabric with black satin peaked lapels and straight cuffless sleeves. There are two (2) decorative round black plastic buttons, one at each outside wrist. The coat does not close in the front, but there are six (6) decorative round black plastic buttons, three on each front side. There is one (1) exterior inset pocket at the proper left breast. The tails of the coat are rounded on the outside edge with a squared corner at the center vent. There are two (2) decorative round black plastic buttons on the back, one at each center seam of the tails. The coat, tails, and sleeves are lined with black synthetic fabric. There is one interior pocket with an opening along the inside where the lapel meets the lining at the proper right front breast. Inside the pocket is a manufacturer's label with size 46R and care instructions is sewn inside the proper right interior breast pocket. Below this tag is a union label for the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU).There is a hanger loop at the interior center back neck made of black fabric with silver embroidered text reading "after Six / DRY CLEAN ONLY".
label: Description
content: (b) A white square handkerchief folded and used as a pocket square in the exterior proper left breast pocket of the coat (a). The cotton handkerchief has white supplementary warp and weft threads creating a woven plaid design around the borders.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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: Singers (Musicians)
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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, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.237.4.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: tail coats
label: Type
content: handkerchiefs
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: (a): wool and synthetic blend fiber with plastic buttons;
label: Medium
content: (b): cotton
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D ((a) on form): 44 × 25 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (111.8 × 64.8 × 39.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W ((a) flat): 44 1/2 × 19 in. (113 × 48.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W ((b) flat): 14 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (37.5 × 37.5 cm)