Tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Bert Pulitzer tie from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The tie is primarily patterned silk with a plum cotton lining. The silk is printed with a red, tan, white, and blue paisley pattern set against a black background. The back of the tie has a hem that runs down the full length. Near the wide end of the tie, stitched to the center, is a white, rectangular, fabric tag with the Bert Pulitzer logo embroidered at the center: a maroon oval frame with the name [BERT PULITZER] in white at the bottom center of the oval frame with a black, stylized letter [P] at the white center of the oval. The maroon oval frame has two thin, black rings around it and there is an [®] symbol just below, to the right. Vertical, black embroidered text on the far left reads [ALL SILK] and [MADE IN U.S.A.] on the far right. Attached to the fabric tag is a plastic price tag fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1975
• Manufactured by: Bert Pulitzer Company, Inc., American, founded 1975
• Worn by: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Type: neckties
• Medium: silk (textile)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 58 1/4 × 3 9/16 × 1/8 in. (148 × 9 × 0.3 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• 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: A2015.273.1.1.50
• 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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