Tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Designed by
content: Emilio Pucci, Italian, 1914 - 1992
label: Distributed by
content: Saks Fifth Avenue, founded 1867
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: Emilio Pucci for Saks Fifth Avenue tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The multicolor tie is primarily constructed from silk with a white cotton lining visible at the back of each of the tie’s ends. It features an abstract design of geometric shapes in magenta, light pink, grays, black, white, and purple outlined in thin, black lines. Printed along several of the black lines is the signature [Emilio]. The back of the tie has a handstitched hem that runs down the full length. Near the wide end of the tie, stitched to the center, is a black, rectangular, fabric tag with white embroidered text that reads [MADE IN ITALY FOR / SAKS FIFTH AVENUE / 100% SILK]. Near the end of the thin end of the tie is a white, rectangular, fabric label with green embroidered text that reads [EMILIO PUCCI / FLORENCE - ITALY]. The signature, [Emilio], is woven into a repeating pattern on the white lining of the tie.
place: label: Place made
content: Florence, Tuscany, 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: 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: A2015.273.1.1.47
objectType: label: Type
content: neckties
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: silk (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 55 1/4 × 4 3/16 × 1/8 in. (140.4 × 10.7 × 0.3 cm)