Silk handkerchief from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A handkerchief from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The silk handkerchief is primarily gray with blue-gray edges and design elements. The handkerchief features a square pattern of alternating, ornate fleur-de-lis, stylized lions, griffins, and chimeras printed inside a square border of repeating, small, simple fleur-de-lis. The pattern is reversed on the back. Attached at one corner is a small, navy blue fabric tag with gray embroidered text that reads [ALL SILK / MADE IN ITALY / R.N. 22280]. The back of the tag is plain.
place: label: Place made
content: Italy, Europe
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: Accessories and Personal Effects
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: A2015.273.1.1.12
objectType: 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: silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 19 1/8 × 18 7/8 × 1/16 in. (48.6 × 48 × 0.2 cm)