Drawer sachet from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Drawer sachet from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Date: mid 20th-late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A drawer sachet from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The square shaped sachet is constructed from a light pink synthetic fabric with a rib weave. The fabric has a blue, purple, and green floral pattern. The sachet is stuffed to form a small pillow that is machine stitched closed along two sides and has a seam at the back center.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th-late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: sachets
- Medium: synthetic fiber and padding (material)
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 5/8 × 3 5/16 × 3 3/16 in. (1.6 × 8.4 × 8.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Entertainers
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.1.37
- 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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