Pocket square worn by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pocket square worn by Cab Calloway: Date: 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pocket square worn by Cab Calloway. The pocket square is made of machine-woven off-white linen or cotton with seamed edges. The pocket square has a large, plain center square with a woven square frame of four thick lines that intersect at each corner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
- Type: handkerchiefs
- Medium: cotton (textile)
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 15 3/4 × 15 11/16 × 1/16 in. (40 × 39.8 × 0.1 cm)
- Place made: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Band (Music)
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Composers (Musicians)
- Topic: Conductors (Musicians)
- Topic: Costume
- Topic: Dance
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Object number: A2015.273.1.28.3
- 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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