Jacket worn by B.B. King to the 45th Annual Grammy Awards: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A jacket worn by B.B. King to the 45th Annual Grammy Awards on February 23, 2003. The jacket is black with a blue floral and vine jacquard design. It has black lapels, a black interior and black cuffs. The jacket has a single button. The button is black. The jacket has a pocket on each side of the front. Embroidered in white thread above the right, inside breast pocket is “Made Specially For B. B. King / King Of The Blues.” A label is sewn above the left, inside pocket. The label is black with red and gold text. It reads “HAND TAILORED BY / E. House / CUSTOM TAILOR / KOWLOON H. K. TEL. 366989.” A paper tag is attached to the jacket. The tag features a color image of B. B. King playing a guitar. Text on the tag reads “PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF / B. B. KING,” “Photo: Janet Macoska” and “September 21, 2019 / Beverly Hills, CA.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2003
• Manufactured by: E. House, Chinese
• Owned by: B.B. King, American, 1925 - 2015
• Subject of: The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, American, founded 1957
• Type: jackets
• Medium: cloth, silk, thread
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 33 7/16 × 24 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (85 × 62 × 19 cm)
• Place made: Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2019.83.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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