Shirt owned by Vernon Reid: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shirt owned by Vernon Reid: Date: ca. 1990. Manufactured by: Guerra, American. Owned by: Vernon Reid, American, born 1958.
The object in the museum catalogue
A silk, button down shirt owned by Vernon Reid. The shirt has large cuffs with two buttons. It has white plastic buttons. A tag on the inside of the shirt reads “GUERRA / NEW YORK / XL.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1990
- Manufactured by: Guerra, American
- Owned by: Vernon Reid, American, born 1958
- Subject of: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
- Type: shirts
- Medium: silk (fiber), thread, plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 24 × 23 1/2 × 1/4 in. (61 × 59.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2021.92.6
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Vernon Reid
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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