Tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: after 1953
name: label: Manufactured by
content: yApre' Cravats, Inc., American
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A yApre' Cravat Inc. tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The tie is primarily silk with a white cotton lining. It is ivory white with brick red, diagonal, decorative stripes. The diagonal stripes are woven in pairs, alternating with single stripes down the length of the tie. Each stripe has an identical woven pattern that features running spiral pattern at the center, bookended by thin lines. The back of the tie is hemmed down the center. The white lining at either ends of the back of the tie features a repeating woven pattern with the name [yApre'] below a woven graphic of a king chess piece.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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: A2015.273.1.1.49
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: 56 × 2 13/16 × 1/16 in. (142.2 × 7.2 × 0.2 cm)