Box and pouch for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1980-1989
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Tiffany & Co., American, founded 1837
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A2015.273.1.19.2a: A Tiffany & Co. box for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway. The box is constructed from cardboard and is an elongated rectangular shape. It has a lid (b) and a box base (a). Both the lid and the base are light blue in color. The base is entirely plain but the box lid features black printed text at the center that reads [TIFFANY & CO.].
label: Description
content: A2015.273.1.19.2b: A Tiffany & Co. pouch for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway. The sewn pouch has a fold over top and is constructed from light blue felt. It is a roughly rectangular shaped that is rounded at the top of the pouch where the letter opener is inserted. The pouch has white stitching and around the edges and the seams. At the center of the front of the pouch is black printed text that reads [TIFFANY & CO.].
place: label: Place used
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
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: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
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: A2015.273.1.19.2ab
objectType: label: Type
content: boxes (containers)
label: Type
content: pouches
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: A2015.273.1.19.2a: ink on cardboard
label: Medium
content: A2015.273.1.19.2b: felt and string (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.19.2a): 1 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (4.2 × 5 × 28.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.19.2b): 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (0.3 × 7 × 28.6 cm)