Pinstripe tuxedo jacket worn by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1978-1994
name: label: Designed by
content: Bill Blass, founded 1970
label: Manufactured by
content: After Six, Inc., American, founded 1903
label: Worn by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A black pinstripe tuxedo jacket designed by Bill Blass and worn by Cab Calloway. The jacket is primarily black with thin, light gray pinstripes and thicker charcoal stripes. It features satin faced lapels, a proper left breast pocket, two side pockets with black satin edging, and two, black, plastic, jacket buttons at the front middle of the proper right side. The underside of the collar is lined with wool. The back of the jacket features a small back vent. The interior lining of the jacket is a solid black acetate At the interior back center of the collar is an embroidered black rectangular tag with white embroidered text inside that reads [BILL BLASS]. The designer’s name, [Bill Blass], is embroidered in white thread on the proper left interior over the breast.
place: label: Place made
content: 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: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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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: 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: A2015.273.1.28.1
objectType: label: Type
content: blazers
label: Type
content: tuxedoes
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) on wool (textile) with synthetic fiber , metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 32 1/2 × 23 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (82.6 × 60.5 × 3 cm)