Jacket worn by B.B. King to the 45th Annual Grammy Awards
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2003
name: label: Manufactured by
content: E. House, Chinese
label: Owned by
content: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957
notes: label: Description
content: A jacket worn by B.B. King to the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 2003. The jacket is black with a blue floral and vine jacquard design. It has black lapels, a black interior and black cuffs. The jacket has a single button. The button is black. The jacket has a pocket on each side of the front. Embroidered in white thread above the right, inside breast pocket is “Made Specially For B. B. King / King Of The Blues.” A label is sewn above the left, inside pocket. The label is black with red and gold text. It reads “HAND TAILORED BY / E. House / CUSTOM TAILOR / KOWLOON H. K. TEL. 366989.” A paper tag is attached to the jacket. The tag features a color image of B. B. King playing a guitar. Text on the tag reads “PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF / B. B. KING,” “Photo: Janet Macoska” and “September 21, 2019 / Beverly Hills, CA.”
place: label: Place made
content: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.83.3
objectType: label: Type
content: jackets
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: cloth, silk, thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 33 7/16 × 24 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (85 × 62 × 19 cm)