Box and pouch for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Box and pouch for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway: Date: 1980-1989. Manufactured by: Tiffany & Co., American, founded 1837. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A2015.273.1.19.2a: A Tiffany & Co. box for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway. The box is constructed from cardboard and is an elongated rectangular shape. It has a lid (b) and a box base (a). Both the lid and the base are light blue in color. The base is entirely plain but the box lid features black printed text at the center that reads [TIFFANY & CO.].
A2015.273.1.19.2b: A Tiffany & Co. pouch for a letter opener owned by Cab Calloway. The sewn pouch has a fold over top and is constructed from light blue felt. It is a roughly rectangular shaped that is rounded at the top of the pouch where the letter opener is inserted. The pouch has white stitching and around the edges and the seams. At the center of the front of the pouch is black printed text that reads [TIFFANY & CO.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980-1989
- Manufactured by: Tiffany & Co., American, founded 1837
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: boxes (containers)
- Type: pouches
- Medium: A2015.273.1.19.2a: ink on cardboard
- Medium: A2015.273.1.19.2b: felt and string (fiber product)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.19.2a): 1 5/8 × 1 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (4.2 × 5 × 28.5 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (A2015.273.1.19.2b): 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (0.3 × 7 × 28.6 cm)
- Place used: New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.19.2ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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