Director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th-late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A director’s chair owned by Cab Calloway. The folding chair is constructed with a folding wooden frame and a canvas seat and back cover. The frame itself is light colored wood with silver toned, metal braces, hinges, and other hardware. The legs are straight and uniform and terminate with slightly rounded ends capped with white rubber floor protectors. Both the canvas seat and back covers are plain orange canvas. Flocked, velvet-like, Cooper Black font, letter-shaped patches are adhered to the front of the back cover and read [CAB / CALLOWAY].
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)
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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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: Props and Set Design
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: A2015.273.1.7
objectType: label: Type
content: directors' chairs
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: vinyl on canvas with wood and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 34 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 16 in. (87 × 51.5 × 40.6 cm)